Flexiseps ardouini, also known commonly as the yellow skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Flexiseps |
| Species: | F. ardouini
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| Binomial name | |
| Flexiseps ardouini (Mocquard, 1897)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, ardouini, is in honor of French plant collector Léon Ardouin (1841–1909).[3]
Geographic range edit
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of F. ardouini is dry forest.[1]
Reproduction edit
The mode of reproduction of F. ardouini is unknown.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Raxworthy CJ, Vences M (2010). "Amphiglossus ardouini ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178389A7536684.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Flexiseps ardouini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiglossus ardouini, p. 11).
Further reading edit
- Brygoo É-R (1983). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. X. Rapports de Gongylus johannae Günther 1880, des Comores, et de Sepsina valhallae Boulenger 1909, des Glorieuses, avec les espèces malgaches ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Série quatrième [Fourth Series] 5 (2): 651–660. (Amphiglossus ardouini, new combination, p. 657). (in French).
- Erens J, Miralles A, Glaw F, Chatrou LW, Vences M (2017). "Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 466–472. (Flexiseps ardouini, new combination).
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7. (Amphiglossus ardouini).
- Mocquard F (1897). "Notes herpétologiques ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle [First Series] 3 (6): 211–217. (Sepsina ardouini, new species, pp. 211–213). (in French).
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