Voeltzkowia

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: Voeltzkowia
Species: V. fierinensis – V. lineata – V. mira – V. petiti – V. rubrocaudata
Name
Voeltzkowia Boettger, 1893

Voeltzkowia is a genus of skinks.

Geographic range

The genus Voeltzkowia is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Voeltzkowia mira Boettger, 1893
Voeltzkowia mobydick (Miralles et al., 2012)
Voeltzkowia yamagishii (Sakata & Hikida, 2003)

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

The species V. mobydick and V. yamagishii were formerly in the genus Sirenoscincus.

The species formerly known as Voeltzkowia fierinensis, V. lineata, V. petiti, and V. rubrocaudata have been assigned to the genus Grandidierina.[2]
Etymology

The generic name, Voeltzkowia, is in honor of German biologist Alfred Voeltzkow.[3]
References

"Voeltzkowia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
"Grandidierina ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Boettger 1893, p. 116.