Voeltzkowia

Voeltzkowia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae
Genus:	Voeltzkowia Boettger, 1893
Species
See text
Geographic ranges of some species of Voeltzkowia ( sensu lato ) on the island of Madagascar.
Synonyms
SirenoscincusSakata & Hikida, 2003

Voeltzkowia is a genus of skinks.

Geographic range

The genus Voeltzkowia is endemic to Madagascar. ^[1]

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid. ^[1]

• Voeltzkowia mira Boettger, 1893
• Voeltzkowia mobydick (Miralles et al., 2012)
• Voeltzkowia yamagishii (Sakata & Hikida, 2003)

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

The species V. mobydick and V. yamagishii were formerly in the genus Sirenoscincus.

The species formerly known as Voeltzkowia fierinensis, V. lineata, V. petiti, and V. rubrocaudata have been assigned to the genus Grandidierina . ^[2]

End of 2025, a study published in Zoological Journal on Linnean Society ^[3] , announces the discovery of two new species :

• Voeltzkowia volontany,
• Voeltzkowia shai-hulud.

Etymology

The generic name, Voeltzkowia, is in honor of German biologist Alfred Voeltzkow. ^[4]

References

1. "Voeltzkowia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. "Grandidierina ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Aurélien Miralles; et al. (14 November 2025). "Integrative taxonomy of Madagascar's sand-swimming skinks (Scincidae: Voeltzkowia, Grandidierina) and preliminary evidence for an overlooked inland belt of white sand patches across the island's west". Zoological Journal on Linnean Society. Retrieved 25 March 2025.{{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author1= (help)
4. Boettger 1893, p. 116.

Further reading

• Boettger O (1893). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. x + 140 pp. (Voeltzkowia, new genus, p. 116; V. mira, new species, pp. 116–117). (in German).