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In a previous study,  Miralles and Vences (2013)  compared seven different methods of species delimitation applied to the genus    Madascincus   . While focusing on methodological aspects their study involved an extensive data set of multilocus DNA sequences and of comparative morphology. On this basis they emphasized the need of revising the taxonomy of    Madascincus   , and revealed the existence of at least two well-supported candidate species. The present paper provides formal descriptions of these two taxa: (1)    M.   miafina    sp. n. , a species from dry areas of northern Madagascar, morphologically very similar to    M.   polleni    (although both species are not retrieved as sister taxa), and (2)    M.   pyrurus    sp. n. , a montane species occurring &gt;1500 m above sea level, endemic to the central highlands of Madagascar (Ibity and Itremo Massifs). Phylogenetically,    M.   pyrurus    is the sister species of    M.   igneocaudatus   , a taxon restricted to the dry littoral regions of the south and south-west of Madagascar in lowlands &lt;500 m above sea level. To facilitate future taxonomic work, we furthermore elaborated an identification key for species of    Madascincus   . Finally, some aspects of the biogeographic patterns characterising the different main clades within the genus    Madascincus    are provided and discussed for the first time in the light of a robust phylogenetic framework.

zoosystematics and evolution

Species delimitation methods put into taxonomic practice: two new    Madascincus    species formerly allocated to historical species names (  Squamata  ,   Scincidae  )