Feylinia

Feylinia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the monotypic<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> subfamily Feylininae.

However, it appears to be not as distinct as formerly presumed, but rather somewhat closer to such genera as Chalcides and Sepsina. These are usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however.

Feylinia belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the Scincinae type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

Species

The following six species are recognized.<ref>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

• Feylinia boulengeri Template:Small
• Feylinia currori Template:Small - western forest feylinia
• Feylinia elegans Template:Small - elegant feylinia
• Feylinia grandisquamis Template:Small - large-scaled burrowing skink
• Feylinia macrolepis Template:Small
• Feylinia polylepis Template:Small - manyscaled feylinia

Further reading

• Template:Aut (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. {{#invoke:doi|main}} (HTML abstract)