Flexiseps crenni

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Flexiseps crenni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Flexiseps
Species:
F. crenni
Binomial name
Flexiseps crenni
(Mocquard, 1906)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Sepsina crenni
    Mocquard, 1906
  • Scelotes crenni
    Angel, 1942
  • Androngo crenni
    Brygoo, 1981
  • Amphiglossus crenni
    Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Flexiseps crenni
    Erens et al., 2017

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

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Etymology

The specific name, crenni, is in honor of ophthalmologist Louis Crenn, who presented the holotype to Mocquard. [3]

Habitat

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

Description

F. crenni has very short legs with a reduced number of digits. [4] Each front foot has 2–3 digits, and each back foot has 2–4 digits. [2] The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11.5 cm (4.5 in). [4]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of F. crenni is unknown. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Raxworthy, C.J. & Vences, M. (2010). Amphiglossus crenni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178227A7502301.en.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Flexiseps crenni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 October 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiglossus crenni, p. 61).
  4. 1 2 Mocquard F (1906).

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