Flexiseps alluaudi

Flexiseps alluaudi
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Flexiseps
Species:	F. alluaudi
Binomial name
	Flexiseps alluaudi; (Brygoo, 1981)
Synonyms
	Scelotes alluaudi; Brygoo, 1981; Androngo allaudi [sic] ; — Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993; ( ex errore ); Androngo alluaudi; – Glaw & Vences, 1994; Amphiglossus alluaudi; — Andreone & Greer, 2002; Flexiseps alluaudi; — Erens et al., 2017;

Last updated November 19, 2021

Flexiseps alluaudi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of F. alluaudi is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of F. alluaudi is unknown.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2011). "Amphiglossus alluaudi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T178205A7497393.en. Downloaded on 30 March 2021.
1 2 3 Flexiseps alluaudi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 October 2020.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiglossus alluaudi, p. 6).