Flexiseps crenni is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, crenni, is in honor of ophthalmologist Louis Crenn, who presented the holotype to Mocquard.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Amphiglossus crenni, p. 61).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of F. crenni is forest.
Description F. crenni has very short legs with a reduced number of digits.Mocquard F (1906). Each front foot has 2–3 digits, and each back foot has 2–4 digits. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of F. crenni is unknown.
References
Further reading Andreone F, Greer AE (2002). "Malagasy scincid lizards: descriptions of nine new species, with notes on the morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of some previously described species (Reptilia, Squamata: Scincidae)". Journal of Zoology 258: 139–181. (Amphiglossus crenni, new combination). Erens J, Miralles A, Glaw F, Chatrou LW, Vences M (2017). "Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 466–472. (Flexiceps crenni, new combination). Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Mocquard F (1906). "Descriptions de quelques Reptiles et d'un Batracien d'espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 12: 247–253. (Sepsina crenni, new species, pp. 247–248). (in French).