Brachymeles

Brachymeles
Brachymeles muntingkamay
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia (paraphyletic)
Order:	Squamata (paraphyletic)
(unranked):	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae (see text)
Genus:	Brachymeles A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Species
38, see text.

Brachymeles is a genus of skinks (lizards in the family Scincidae).

Taxonomy

Brachymeles is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however. Apparently part of a clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Brachymeles apus Hikida, 1982
• Brachymeles bicolandia Siler et al., 2011
• Brachymeles bicolor (Gray, 1845)
• Brachymeles boholensis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967
• Brachymeles bonitae A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
• Brachymeles boulengeri Taylor, 1922
• Brachymeles brevidactylus Siler et al., 2011
• Brachymeles cebuensis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967
• Brachymeles cobos Siler et al., 2011
• Brachymeles elerae Taylor, 1917
• Brachymeles gracilis (Fischer, 1885)
• Brachymeles hilong W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967
• Brachymeles isangdaliri Davis et al., 2014
• Brachymeles kadwa Siler & R.M. Brown, 2010
• Brachymeles libayani Siler et al., 2011
• Brachymeles lukbani Siler et al., 2010
• Brachymeles makusog Siler et al., 2010
• Brachymeles mapalanggaon Davis et al., 2014
• Brachymeles mindorensis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967
• Brachymeles minimus W.C. Brown & E.L. Alcala, 1995
• Brachymeles miriamae (Heyer, 1972)
• Brachymeles muntingkamay Siler et al., 2009
• Brachymeles orientalis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967
• Brachymeles paeforum Siler et al., 2011
• Brachymeles pathfinderi Taylor, 1925
• Brachymeles samad Siler et al., 2012
• Brachymeles samarensis W.C. Brown, 1956
• Brachymeles schadenbergi (Fischer, 1885)
• Brachymeles suluensis Taylor, 1918
• Brachymeles talinis W.C. Brown, 1956
• Brachymeles taylori W.C. Brown, 1956
• Brachymeles tiboliorum Siler et al., 2012
• Brachymeles tridactylus W.C. Brown, 1956
• Brachymeles tungaoi Siler & R.M. Brown, 2010
• Brachymeles vermis Taylor, 1918
• Brachymeles vindumi Siler & R.M. Brown, 2010
• Brachymeles vulcani Siler et al., 2012
• Brachymeles wrighti Taylor, 1925

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachymeles.

References

1. "Brachymeles ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Austin JJ, Arnold EN. 2006. Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract).
• Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XXVII. (Genus Brachymeles, p. 386).
• Duméril AMC, Bibron G. 1839. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Brachymeles, new genus, p. 776). (in French).