Miriam's skink

Miriam's skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Brachymeles
Species: B. miriamae
Binomial name
Brachymeles miriamae
(Heyer, 1972)[1]
Synonyms
  • Davewakeum miriamae

Miriam's skink (Brachymeles miriamae) is a skink. It is endemic to Thailand.

Taxonomy

In 2011 Siler et al. included the genus Davewakeum in the genus Brachymeles, creating the new combination, Brachymeles miriamae (Heyer, 1972).[2] In 2015 Chan-ard et al. returned the species to the genus Davewakeum.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, miriamae, is in honor of Miriam Heyer, who collected the holotype, and is the wife of American herpetologist W. Ronald Heyer.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Brachymeles miriamae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ Siler CD, Diesmos AC, Alcala AC, Brown RM (2011). "Phylogeny of Philippine slender skinks (Scincidae: Brachymeles) reveals underestimated species diversity, complex biogeographical relationships, and cryptic patterns of lineage diversification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (1): 53-65.
  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. (Genus Davewakeum, pp. 66, 278-279; species D. miriamae, p. 179).

Further reading

  • Heyer WR (1972). "A New Limbless Skink (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Thailand With Comments on the Generic Status of the Limbless Skinks of Southeast Asia". Fieldiana Zoology 58 (10): 109-129. (Davewakeum, new genus, p. 124).
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