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    Species Accepted

    Brachymeles gracilis (Fischer, 1885)

    Graceful Short-legged Skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Brachymeles
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Graceful Short-legged Skink English
      Стройный коротконогий сцинк Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
      Taylor, E. H. (1917). Brachymeles, a genus of Philippine lizards. Philippine Journal of Science 12: 267-279.
      Alcala, Angel C.;Reyes, Alfredo Y. (1957). Notes on the habitat of the scincoid lizard, Brachymeles gracilis taylori Brown. Copeia 1957 (2): 144.
      Brown, WC. & A.C. ALCALA. (1980). Philippine Lizards of the family Scincidae. Silliman Univ. Nat. Sci., Dumaguete City, Mon., Ser. 2: I-Xi + 1-246.
      Brown, Walter C. (1956). A revision of the genus Brachymeles (Scincidae), with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Breviora (54): 1-19.
      Taylor, E. H. (1922). The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, Government of the Philippine Islands, Manila, Publication No. 17: 269 Pp.
      Fischer, J. G. (1885). Ichthyologische und herpetologische Bemerkungen. V. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 2: 82-121.
      Siler, Cameron D.; Robin M. Jones, Arvin C. Diesmos, Mae L. Diesmos, and Rafe M. Brown. (2012). Phylogeny-Based Species Delimitation In Philippine Slender Skinks (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) III: Taxonomic Revision of the Brachymeles Gracilis Complex, With Descriptions of Three New Species. Herpetological Monographs 26 (1): 135-172.
      Siler, Cameron D.; Edmond L. Rico, Mariano R. Duya, and Rafe M. Brown. (2009). A NEW LIMB-REDUCED, LOAM-SWIMMING SKINK (SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE: BRACHYMELES) FROM CENTRAL LUZON ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. Herpetologica 65 (4): 449.
      Siler, Cameron D.; Arvin C. Diesmos, Rafe M. Brown. (2010). New Loam-Swimming Skink, Genus Brachymeles (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Luzon and Catanduanes Islands, Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 44 (1): 49–60.
      Brown WC, & RABOR DS. (1967). Review of the genus Brachymeles (Sauria), with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 34: 525-548.

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