Saiphos

Saiphos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Saiphos
Gray, 1830
Species:
S. equalis
Binomial name
Saiphos equalis
(Gray, 1825)
Distribution of the Yellow-bellied three-toed Skink
Synonyms[2][3][4][5][6]
  • Seps equalis Gray, 1825
  • Anguis lacertina Gray, 1831
    (nomen nudum)
  • Siaphos [sic] aequalis
    — Gray, 1839
    (emendation)
  • Lygosoma (Siaphos) aequale
    — Longman, 1915
  • Saiphos aequalis
    — Greer et al., 2006
  • Siaphos aequalis (Gray, 1839)
  • Saiphos samueli Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Saiphos equalis
    — Cogger, 1983

Saiphos equalis, commonly known as the yellow-bellied three-toed skink or simply three-toed skink, is a species of burrowing skink found in eastern Australia. It is the only species classified under the genus Saiphos.

The lizard has attracted scientific attention due to its dual reproduction habits of producing young via eggs in coastal populations, or via live young in colder mountain regions.[7]

  1. ^ Shea G, Clemann N, Hutchinson M, Chapple D (2018). "Saiphos equalis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109481120A109481148. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481120A109481148.en. Downloaded on 15 September 2018
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  3. ^ John Edward Gray (1831). "A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia Volume IX: The Class Reptilia". In Edward Griffith; Edward Pidgeon (eds.). The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuivier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., London. p. 72. ISBN 9780127826226.
  4. ^ Karl P. Schmidt (1943). "Amphibians and Reptiles from the Sudan" (PDF). Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History. 24 (29): 331–338.
  5. ^ Peter Uetz; Jakob Hallermann & Jiri Hosek. "Saiphos equalis (Gray, 1825)". The Reptile Database.
  6. ^ Glenn M. Shea & Ross A. Sadlier (1999). "A Catalogue of the Non-fossil Amphibian and Reptile Type Specimens in the Collection of the Australian Museum: Types Currently, Previously and Purportedly Present" (PDF). Technical Reports of the Australian Museum. 15 (15). Australian Museum: 1–91. doi:10.3853/j.1031-8062.15.1999.1290. ISSN 1031-8062.
  7. ^ Marshall,M., Live birth, evolving before our eyes, New Scientist, 25 August 2010. [1]