Saiphos

Saiphos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Saiphos
J.E. Gray, 1831
Species: S. equalis
Binomial name
Saiphos equalis
(J.E. Gray, 1825)
Distribution of the Three-toed Skink
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.

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