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Androngo

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia (paraphyletic)
(unranked)	Sauria
Order:	Squamata (paraphyletic)
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	see text
Genus:	Androngo
Species:	A. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers In Phylogenetics, a group of organisms is said to be paraphyletic if the group contains its most recent common ancestor but does not contain all Sauria is a Clade of reptiles that includes all living Diapsids as well as their Common ancestor and all its extinct descendants Squamata (scaled reptiles is the largest recent order of Reptiles including Lizards and Snakes Members of the order are distinguished by In Phylogenetics, a group of organisms is said to be paraphyletic if the group contains its most recent common ancestor but does not contain all Scincomorpha is an Infraorder of Saurians Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other trivittatus

Binomial name

Androngo trivittatus

Androngo is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other In Biological classification, family ( Latin It contains a single species, Androngo trivittatus. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank.

It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae which seems to be paraphyletic however. In Biological classification, family ( Latin Scincinae are a subfamily of six genera of Skinks The systematics is at times controversial Possibly fairly closely related to Paracontias and Amphiglossus, it belongs to a major clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Paracontias is a Genus of Skinks ( family Scincidae It is usually placed in the Subfamily Scincinae which seems Amphiglossus is a Genus of Skinks ( family Scincidae It is usually placed in the Subfamily Scincinae which seems A clade is a taxonomic group comprising a single Common ancestor and all the descendants of that ancestor In biology a type is that which fixes a name to a Taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question a type may be a specimen Scincus is a Genus of Skinks ( family Scincidae All three species are typical desert inhabitants living in sandy and dune-like areas with Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

References

Austin, J. J. & Arnold, E. N. (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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)

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