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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Thailand
Type locality: Khao Saton, 300 m above the Kasetsart University Forestry station, 60 km S of Nakhon Ratchasima on Highway 304, Amphoe Pak Thong Chai, Changwat Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

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Miriam's skink

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Miriam's skink (Brachymeles miriamae) is a skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Taxonomy

In 1972 Heyer described Miriam's skink as a new species in a new genus, giving it the scientific name Davewakeum miriamae.^[2] In 2011 Siler et al. included the genus Davewakeum in the genus Brachymeles, creating the new combination, Brachymeles miriamae (Heyer, 1972).^[3] In 2015 Chan-ard et al. returned the species to the genus Davewakeum.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, miriamae, is in honor of Miriam Heyer, who collected the holotype, and is the wife of American herpetologist W. Ronald Heyer.^[4]

The generic name, Davewakeum, is in honor of American herpetologist David B. Wake.^[4]

Geographic range

Miriam's skink is found in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.^[1]

Description

Miriam's skink is limbless.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Species Brachymeles miriamae at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
^ ^a ^b Heyer (1972).
^ Siler CD, Diesmos AC, Alcala AC, Brown RM (2011). "Phylogeny of Philippine slender skinks (Scincidae: Brachymeles) reveals underestimated species diversity, complex biogeographical relationships, and cryptic patterns of lineage diversification". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (1): 53-65.
^ ^a ^b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Davewakeum, pp. 66, 278–279; species D. miriamae, p. 179).

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