Amphiglossus

Amphiglossus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia (paraphyletic)
(unranked):	Sauria
Order:	Squamata (paraphyletic)
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	see text
Genus:	Amphiglossus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]
Species
About 25 to 38, see text.

Amphiglossus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae).^[1]

It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however. Probably quite close to Paracontias 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.^[2]

Species

The following species have been recognized. Some species have been assigned to a more recently created genus, Madascincus Brygoo, 1982, and some species have been synonymized with other species in the genus Amphiglossus.^[3]

• Amphiglossus alluaudi (Brygoo, 1981)
• Amphiglossus andranovahensis (Angel, 1933)
• Amphiglossus ankodabensis (Angel, 1930) = Madascincus ankodabensis
• Amphiglossus anosyensis Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
• Amphiglossus ardouini (Mocquard, 1897)
• Amphiglossus astrolabi A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
• Amphiglossus crenni (Mocquard, 1906)
• Amphiglossus decaryi (Angel, 1930)
• Amphiglossus elongatus (Angel, 1933)
• Amphiglossus frontoparietalis (Boulenger, 1889)
• Amphiglossus gastrostictus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879)
• Amphiglossus igneocaudatus (Grandidier, 1867) = Madascincus igneocaudatus
• Amphiglossus intermedius (Boettger, 1913) = Madascincus polleni
• Amphiglossus johannae (Günther, 1880)
• Amphiglossus macrocercus (Günther, 1882)
• Amphiglossus macrolepis (Boulenger, 1888) = Madascincus macrolepis
• Amphiglossus mandady Andreone & Greer, 2002
• Amphiglossus mandokava Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
• Amphiglossus melanopleura (Günther, 1877) = Madascincus melanopleura
• Amphiglossus melanurus (Günther, 1877)
• Amphiglossus meva Miralles et al., 2011^[4]
• Amphiglossus minutus Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993 = Madascincus minutus
• Amphiglossus mouroundavae (Grandidier, 1872) = Madascincus mouroundavae
• Amphiglossus nanus Andreone & Greer, 2002 = Madascincus nanus
• Amphiglossus ornaticeps (Boulenger, 1896)
• Amphiglossus poecilopus (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928) = Amphiglossus melanurus
• Amphiglossus polleni (Grandidier, 1869) = Madascincus polleni
• Amphiglossus praeornatus (Angel, 1938) = Amphiglossus frontoparietalis
• Amphiglossus punctatus Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
• Amphiglossus reticulatus (Kaudern, 1922)
• Amphiglossus spilostichus Andreone & Greer, 2002
• Amphiglossus splendidus (Grandidier, 1872)
• Amphiglossus stumpffi (Boettger, 1882) = Madascincus stumpffi
• Amphiglossus stylus Andreone & Greer, 2002
• Amphiglossus tanysoma Andreone & Greer, 2002
• Amphiglossus tsaratananensis (Brygoo, 1981)
• Amphiglossus valhallae (Boulenger, 1909)
• Amphiglossus waterloti (Angel, 1930) = Amphiglossus reticulatus

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphiglossus.

References

1. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae.
2. 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)
3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
4. Miralles A et al. (2011). A new large and colorful skink of the genus Amphiglossus from Madagascar revealed by morphology and multilocus molecular study. Zootaxa 918: 47-67.

Further reading

• Duméril AMC, Bibron G. 1839. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Amphiglossus, new genus, pp. 606–607). (in French).