| Feylinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Feylinia Gray, 1845 |
| Species | |
| 6, see text. | |
Feylinia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the monotypic[1] subfamily Feylininae.
However, it appears to be not as distinct as formerly presumed, but rather somewhat closer to such genera as Chalcides and Sepsina. These are usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however.
Feylinia belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the Scincinae type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)
Species
The following 6 species are recognized.[2]
- Feylinia boulengeri (Chabanaud, 1917)
- Feylinia currori Gray, 1845
- Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1854)
- Feylinia grandisquamis L. Müller, 1910
- Feylinia macrolepis Boettger, 1877
- Feylinia polylepis Bocage, 1877
References
- ^ Faizi, H.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Heidari, N. (15 July 2016). "Systematics of the genera Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834 and Eurylepis Blyth 1854 (Sauria: Scincidae) in Iran: A review". Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB). 12 (2): 225.
- ^ "Feylinia". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Austin, J.J., & Arnold, E.N. (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)