Saiphos
| Saiphos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Saiphos J.E. Gray, 1831 |
| Species: | S. equalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Saiphos equalis (J.E. Gray, 1825) | |
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| Distribution of the Three-toed Skink | |
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Saiphos is a monotypic genus of skinks. "Siaphos" tridigitus, initially placed here, is now reassigned to the "wastebin taxon" Sphenomorphus pending a review of that assemblage.
References
- Greer, Allen E.; David, Patrick & Teynié, Alexandre (2006): The Southeast Asian scincid lizard Siaphos tridigitus Bourret, 1939 (Reptilia, Scincidae): a second specimen. Zoosystema 28(3): 785-790. PDF fulltext
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