Isopachys

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
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
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Isopachys
Species (4): I. anguinoides – I. borealis – I. gyldenstolpei – I. roulei
Name

Isopachys Lönnberg, 1916: 10

Type species: Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lonnberg, 1916, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Typhloseps Angel, 1920: 4 [synonymized with Ophioscincus by Smith (1935: 333), syn. with Isopachys by Heyer (1972: 123), by implication]
Type species: Typhloseps roulei Angel, 1920, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Lönnberg, E. 1916. Zoological results of the Swedish zoological expeditions to Siam 1911-1912 and 1914. 2. Lizards. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 55(4): 1–12. BHL
Angel, F. 1920. Sur un Saurien nouveau de la famille des Ophiopsisepidés. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 1ème série 1920: 4–6. BHL
Heyer, W.R. 1972. A new limbless skink (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Thailand with comments on the generic status of the limbless skinks of southeast Asia. Fieldiana: Zoology 58(10): 109–129. BHL

Additional references

Lang, M. & Böhme, W. 1990. Description and phylogenetic position of a new species of Isopachys from central Thailand and southern Burma (Squamata, Scincidae). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique, biologie 60: 231–240. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Isopachys . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 August 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Snake Skinks

Isopachys is a genus of skinks endemic to Asia.[1]
Contents

1 Geographic range
2 Species
3 References
4 Further reading

Geographic range

Species in the genus Isopachys are found in Thailand and Myanmar.[1]
Species

There are four species in this genus:[1]

Isopachys anguinoides (Boulenger, 1914) - Thai snake skink, Heyer's isopachys
Isopachys borealis Lang & Böhme, 1990 - Lang's isopachys
Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lönnberg, 1916 - Gyldenstolpe's worm skink, Gyldenstolpe's isopachys, Gyldenstolpe's snake skink
Isopachys roulei (Angel, 1920) - Chonburi snake skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Isopachys.
References

Isopachys at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 July 2014..