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Subdoluseps

Subdoluseps, also known commonly as supple skinks and writhing skinks, is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. Member species were all previously assigned to the genus Lygosoma.

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Subdoluseps
Subdoluseps bowringii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Subdoluseps
Freitas, Datta-Roy, Karanth, L. Grismer & Siler, 20191

Subdoluseps, also known commonly as supple skinks and writhing skinks, is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. Member species were all previously assigned to the genus Lygosoma.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.2

References

References

  1. Freitas ES, Datta-Roy A, Karanth K, Grismer LL, Siler CD (2019). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincide: Lygosominae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1067–1096. (Subdoluseps, new genus).
  2. Genus Subdoluseps at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.