Brachymeles

Taxobox
name = "Brachymeles"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia (paraphyletic)
unranked_ordo = Sauria
ordo = Squamata (paraphyletic)
infraordo = Scincomorpha
familia = Scincidae
subfamilia = see text
genus = "Brachymeles"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =16, see text.

"Brachymeles" is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae).

It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae which seems to be paraphyletic however. Apparently part of a clade which does not seem to include the type genus "Scincus", it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.(Austin & Arnold 2006)

pecies

*"Brachymeles apus"
*"Brachymeles bicolor"
*"Brachymeles bonitae"
*"Brachymeles boulengeri"
*"Brachymeles cebuensis"
*"Brachymeles elerae"
*"Brachymeles gracilis"
*"Brachymeles hilong"
*"Brachymeles minimus"
*"Brachymeles pathfinderi"
*"Brachymeles samarensis"
*"Brachymeles schadenbergi"
*"Brachymeles talinis"
*"Brachymeles tridactylus"
*"Brachymeles vermis"
*"Brachymeles wrighti"

References

* (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)