identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03AF87E9C56CFFF70771A4F1D6613067.text	03AF87E9C56CFFF70771A4F1D6613067.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paracontias minimus (Mocquard 1906)	<div><p>Paracontias minimus (Mocquard, 1906)</p> <p>Identity</p> <p>This enigmatic species of limbless skink has remained largely unknown because no additional material was reported since the description of the two type specimens (MNHN 1905.270 and 1905.270A). For this reason, Brygoo (1981) even doubted the Malagasy origin of those types. Due to great external similarities, a relationship to the sand-dwelling species of Voeltzkowia Boettger was suspected (Glaw and Vences 1994). We recently found several specimens that largely agree with the original description and, upon examination of the types of Cryptoposcincus minimus Mocquard, we consider them as belonging to this species (see Remarks below). Molecular phylogenetic results of Crottini et al. (2009) based on the newly collected specimens have provided clear evidence for their phylogenetic position being nested within the genus Paracontias Mocquard, 1894, thus suggesting the latter name as a senior synonym of Cryptoposcincus Mocquard, 1906 (misspelled Cryptoscincus by Crottini et al. 2009). Consequently, we adopt this synonymy here by transferring the type species of Cryptoposcincus to Paracontias, which results in the combination Paracontias minimus (see Crottini et al. 2009).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF87E9C56CFFF70771A4F1D6613067	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Glaw, Jörn Köhler Miguel Vences Martina Erbacher Frank	Glaw, Jörn Köhler Miguel Vences Martina Erbacher Frank (2010): Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 10 (2): 147-159, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5
03AF87E9C569FFF20771A59FD6D33370.text	03AF87E9C569FFF20771A59FD6D33370.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paracontias rothschildi Mocquard 1905	<div><p>Paracontias rothschildi Mocquard, 1905</p> <p>Identity</p> <p>This enigmatic species has remained largely unknown because because no additional material was reported since the description of the type specimens (see Brygoo 1980). We recently found several specimens that largely agree with the original description and subsequent descriptions based on the lectotype (MNHN 1905.269).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF87E9C569FFF20771A59FD6D33370	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Glaw, Jörn Köhler Miguel Vences Martina Erbacher Frank	Glaw, Jörn Köhler Miguel Vences Martina Erbacher Frank (2010): Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 10 (2): 147-159, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5
03AF87E9C56AFFF104C9A575D3323216.text	03AF87E9C56AFFF104C9A575D3323216.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paracontias fasika Glaw 2010	<div><p>Paracontias fasika n. sp.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>The specific epithet is formed from the Malagasy word “fasika ”, meaning sand, and refers to the sand-dwelling habits of the new species occurring on sandy soils of Forêt d’ Orangea. Due to its etymological derivation, the epithet is to be retained in its original spelling under all nomenclatural circumstances.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF87E9C56AFFF104C9A575D3323216	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Glaw, Jörn Köhler Miguel Vences Martina Erbacher Frank	Glaw, Jörn Köhler Miguel Vences Martina Erbacher Frank (2010): Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 10 (2): 147-159, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5
