Paracontias

Paracontias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Paracontias
Mocquard, 1894 [1]
Species

14, see text.

Paracontias is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

Paracontias is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however. Probably quite close to Amphiglossus and possibly Androngo trivittatus, it belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

Species

The following 14 species are recognized.[2]

  • Paracontias ampijoroensis Miralles, Jono, Mori, Gandola, Erens, Kohler, Glaw, & Vences, 2016
  • Paracontias brocchii Mocquard, 1894
  • Paracontias fasika J. Köhler et al., 2010
  • Paracontias hafa Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Paracontias hildebrandti (W. Peters, 1880)
  • Paracontias holomelas (Günther, 1877)
  • Paracontias kankana J. Köhler et al., 2009
  • Paracontias mahamavo Miralles, Jono, Mori, Gandola, Erens, Kohler, Glaw, & Vences, 2016
  • Paracontias manify Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Paracontias milloti Angel, 1949
  • Paracontias minimus (Mocquard,1906)
  • Paracontias rothschildi Mocquard, 1905
  • Paracontias tsararano Andreone & Greer, 2002
  • Paracontias vermisaurus Miralles et al., 2011

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

References

  1. ↑ "Paracontias ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de. (in German).
  2. 1 2 "Paracontias ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org

Further reading

  • Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
  • Mocquard F (1894). "Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar ". Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Philomatique de Paris 17: 1-8. (Paracontias, new genus, p. 3). (in French).


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