Saiphos

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Saiphos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Saiphos J.E. Gray, 1831[verification needed] Species: S. aequalis
Binomial name
Saiphos aequalis (J.E. Gray, 1825)
Synonyms
Genus-level: Siaphos J.E. Gray, 1839 (unjustified emendation)

Saiphos is a monotypic genus of skinks. "Siaphos" tridigitus, initially placed here, is now reassigned to the "wastebin taxon" Sphenomorphus pending a review of that assemblage.

[edit] References

• Greer, Allen E.; David, Patrick & Teynié, Alexandre (2006): The Southeast Asian scincid lizard Siaphos tridigitus Bourret, 1939 (Reptilia, Scincidae): a second specimen. Zoosystema 28(3): 785-790. PDF fulltext