Voeltzkowia volontany

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Voeltzkowia
Species: Voeltzkowia volontany

Name

Voeltzkowia volontany Miralles, Schmidt, Rakotoarison, Delaunay, Freiwald, Rahagalala, Rakotomanga, Razafimanafo, Ratsoavina, Crottini, Raselimanana, Glaw & Vences, 2025

• Holotype: ZSM 266/2023 (field number ZCMV 5795, MIRZC 1194), collected by local assistants collaborating with A. Miralles, N.A. Rahagalala and S. Rakotomanga on 8 April 2023.
• Type locality: “WS area at the summit of the hill near to Toby Kristy Voahombo (Marovantaza) (15.35130°S, 47.65318°E, ∼120 m a.s.l.), 3 km north of the village of Marovantaza, Sofia region, northwest of Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Miralles, A., Schmidt, R., Rakotoarison, A., Delaunay, A., Freiwald, A., Rahagalala, N.A., Rakotomanga, S., Razafimanafo, D., Ratsoavina, F.M., Crottini, A., Raselimanana, A.P., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2025. Integrative taxonomy of Madagascar’s sand-swimming skinks (Scincidae: Voeltzkowia, Grandidierina) and preliminary evidence for an overlooked inland belt of white sand patches across the island’s west. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3): zlaf147. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf147 Reference page.