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Miriam's skink

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Species of lizard

Miriam's skink
B. miriamae in Udom Sap, Wang Nam Khiao, Thailand
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Brachymeles
Species: B. miriamae
Binomial name
Brachymeles miriamae
(Heyer, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Davewakeum miriamae
    Heyer, 1972
  • Brachymeles miriamae
    — Siler et al., 2011
  • Davewakeum miriamae
    — Chan-ard et al., 2015

Miriam's skink (Brachymeles miriamae) is a skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Taxonomy

In 1972 Heyer described Miriam's skink as a new species in a new genus, giving it the scientific name Davewakeum miriamae. In 2011 Siler et al. included the genus Davewakeum in the genus Brachymeles, creating the new combination, Brachymeles miriamae (Heyer, 1972). In 2015 Chan-ard et al. returned the species to the genus Davewakeum.

Etymology

The specific name, miriamae, is in honor of Miriam Heyer, who collected the holotype, and is the wife of American herpetologist W. Ronald Heyer.

The generic name, Davewakeum, is in honor of American herpetologist David B. Wake.

Geographic range

Miriam's skink is found in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.

Description

Miriam's skink is limbless.

References

  1. ^ Species Brachymeles miriamae at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Heyer (1972).
  3. Siler CD, Diesmos AC, Alcala AC, Brown RM (2011). "Phylogeny of Philippine slender skinks (Scincidae: Brachymeles) reveals underestimated species diversity, complex biogeographical relationships, and cryptic patterns of lineage diversification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (1): 53-65.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Davewakeum, pp. 66, 278–279; species D. miriamae, p. 179).

Further reading

  • Chan-ard, Tanya; Parr, John W. K.; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0199876181.
  • Heyer WR (1972). "A New Limbless Skink (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Thailand With Comments on the Generic Status of the Limbless Skinks of Southeast Asia". Fieldiana Zoology 58 (10): 109–129. (Davewakeum, new genus, p. 124, Figures 4–5; D. miriamae, new species, pp. 124–128, Figure 7).


Taxon identifiers
Brachymeles miriamae


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