Voeltzkowia

Voeltzkowia is a genus of skinks.

Geographic range

The genus Voeltzkowia is endemic to Madagascar.<ref name="RDB-V"/>

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.<ref name="RDB-V">"Voeltzkowia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

• Voeltzkowia mira Template:Small
• Voeltzkowia mobydick Template:Small
• Voeltzkowia yamagishii Template:Small

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Voeltzkowia.

The species V. mobydick and V. yamagishii were formerly in the genus Sirenoscincus.

The species formerly known as Voeltzkowia fierinensis, V. lineata, V. petiti, and V. rubrocaudata have been assigned to the genus Grandidierina.<ref>"Grandidierina ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

Etymology

The generic name, Voeltzkowia, is in honor of German biologist Alfred Voeltzkow.<ref>Boettger 1893, p. 116.</ref>

Further reading

• Boettger O (1893). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. x + 140 pp. (Voeltzkowia, new genus, p. 116; V. mira, new species, pp. 116–117). (in German).

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