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Brachyseps  Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Catrou and Vences, 2017
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1181715

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyScincinae Oppel, 1811  
                                     GenusBrachyseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Catrou and Vences, 2017  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps anosyensis (Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 1993)  
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps frontoparietalis (Boulenger, 1889) – Boulenger's Tree Skink 
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps gastrostictus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) – O'Shaughnessy's Madagascar Skink 
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps macrocercus (Günther, 1882) – Black-striped Skink 
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps mandady (Andreone and Greer, 2002)  
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps punctatus (Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 1993)  
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps spilostichus (Andreone and Greer, 2002)  
                                        SpeciesBrachyseps splendidus (Grandidier, 1872) – Splendid Skink 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Brachyseps   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Erens, Jesse, Aurélien Miralles, Frank Glaw, Lars W. Chatrou, and Miguel Vences   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 107   
  Page(s): 466-472   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.008   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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