Voeltzkowia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Voeltzkowia
Species (3): V. mira – V. mobydick – V. yamagishii

Voeltzkowia Boettger, 1893

Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003: 10 [synonymised by Miralles et al. (2015: 16)]
- Type species: Sirenoscincus yamagishii Sakata & Hikida, 2003, by monotypy.

Sakata, S. & Hikida, T. 2003. A Fossorial Lizard with Forelimbs Only: Description of a New Genus and Species of Malagasy Skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Current Herpetology 22(1): 9–15. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.22.9 Reference page.
Miralles, A., Hipsley, C.A., Erens, J., Gehara, M., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Müller, J. & Vences, M. 2015. Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae). PLoS One 10(6): e0126074. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126074 Reference page.

Miralles, A., Anjeriniaina, M., Hipsley, C.A., Müller, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2012. Variations on a bauplan: description of a new Malagasy “mermaid skink” with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae, Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003). Zoosystema 34(4): 701–719. DOI: 10.5252/z2012n4a3 ; PDF Reference page.