Paracontias
| Paracontias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
| (unranked): | Sauria |
| Order: | Squamata (paraphyletic) |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | see text |
| Genus: | Paracontias Mocquard, 1894 [1] |
| Species | |
|
12, see text. | |
Paracontias is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
Paracontias is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however. Probably quite close to Amphiglossus and possibly Androngo trivittatus, it belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)
Species
The following 12 species are recognized.[2]
- Paracontias brocchii Mocquard, 1894
- Paracontias fasika J. Köhler et al., 2010
- Paracontias hafa Andreone & Greer, 2002
- Paracontias hildebrandti (W. Peters, 1880)
- Paracontias holomelas (Günther, 1877)
- Paracontias kankana J. Köhler et al., 2009
- Paracontias manify Andreone & Greer, 2002
- Paracontias milloti Angel, 1949
- Paracontias minimus (Mocquard,1906)
- Paracontias rothschildi Mocquard, 1905
- Paracontias tsararano Andreone & Greer, 2002
- Paracontias vermisaurus Miralles et al., 2011
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Paracontias.
References
Further reading
- Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (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)
- Mocquard F. 1894. "Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar ". Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Philomatique de Paris 17: 1-8. (Paracontias, new genus, p. 3). (in French).
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