Feylinia

Feylinia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the monotypic[1] subfamily Feylininae.

Feylinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Feylinia
Gray, 1845
Species

6, see text.

However, it appears to be not as distinct as formerly presumed, but rather somewhat closer to such genera as Chalcides and Sepsina. These are usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however.

Feylinia belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the Scincinae type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

Species

The following 6 species are recognized.[2]

References

  1. Faizi, H.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Heidari, N. (15 July 2016). "Systematics of the genera Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834 and Eurylepis Blyth 1854 (Sauria: Scincidae) in Iran: A review". Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB). 12 (2): 225.
  2. "Feylinia". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  • Austin, J.J., & Arnold, E.N. (2006). Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)


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