Zig zag

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: Zig
Species: Zig zag

Name

Zig zag Miralles, Schmidt, Belluardo, Rahagalala, Monvoisin, Ratsoavina, Köhler, Glaw & Vences, 2026: 191

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-2025.0001 (formerly ZSM 103/2023, field number FGZC 12006), collected by A. Miralles and N. A. Rahagalala on 14 October 2023.
• Type locality: “white sand area 3 km north of Village de Baly (16.048420° S, 45.271180° E, ca. 10 m a.s.l.), Baie de Baly National Park, Boeny region, Northwest of Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Miralles, A., Schmidt, R., Belluardo, F., Rahagalala, N.A., Monvoisin, E., Ratsoavina, F.M., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2026. Zigzags in the White Sand Belt: A new, highly divergent lineage of sand-swimmer skink from Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae). Megataxa 19(1): 176–212. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.3 Reference page.