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    Species Accepted

    Madascincus melanopleura (Günther, 1877)

    Common Madagascar Skink

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      2 results
      Common Madagascar Skink English
      Sortsidet Kortbenskink Danish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
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      Andreone, F., & Greer, A. E. (2002). Malagasy scincid lizards: descriptions of nine new species, with notes on the morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of some previously described species (Reptilia, Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Zoology 258, 139-181.
      Schmitz, A.; M.C. Brandley; P. Mausfeld; M. Vences; F. Glaw; R.A. Nussbaum and T.W. Reeder. (2005). Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily “Scincinae”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 118–133 (Published Online 2004).
      Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3).
      D’Cruze, N.; Köhler, J.; Franzen, M & Glaw, F. (2008). A conservation assessment of the amphibians and reptiles of the Forêt d’Ambre Special Reserve, north Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation & Development 3 (1): 44-54.
      Angel, F. (1942). Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 Pp.
      Belluardo, F., Muñoz-Pajares, A. J., Miralles, A., Silvestro, D., Cocca, W., Ratsoavina, F. M., ... & Crottini, A. (2022). Slow and steady wins the race: Diversification rate is independent from body size and lifestyle in Malagasy skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Scincinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 178: 107635 [Print in 2023].
      Miralles, Aurélien; Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences. (2016). Species delimitation methods put into taxonomic practice: two new Madascincus species formerly allocated to historical species names (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoosyst. Evol. 92 (2): 257–275; DOI 10.3897/Zse.92.9945.
      Barbour, & Thomas. (1918). Vertebrata from Madagascar. 2. Amphibia and Reptilia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 61 (14): 479-489.

      Citation

      Madascincus melanopleura (Günther, 1877) in undefined