Feylinia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Feylinia
Species: F. boulengeri - F. currori - F. elegans - F. grandisquamis - F. macrolepis - F. polylepis
Name

Feylinia Gray, 1845
Vernacular names

Feylinia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the monotypic[1] 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.[2]

Feylinia boulengeri Chabanaud, 1917
Feylinia currori Gray, 1845 - western forest feylinia
Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1854) - elegant feylinia
Feylinia grandisquamis L. Müller, 1910 - large-scaled burrowing skink
Feylinia macrolepis Boettger, 1877
Feylinia polylepis Bocage, 1877 - manyscaled feylinia

References

Faizi H, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Rastegar-Pouyani E, Heidari N (15 July 2016). "Systematics of the genera Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834 and Eurylepis Blyth 1854 (Sauria: Scincidae) in Iran: A review". Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB). 12 (2): 225.

Genus Feylinia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.