Cameroon worm lizard

Cameroon worm lizard
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca
Species:	C. schaeferi
Binomial name
	Cynisca schaeferi; (Sternfeld, 1912)
Synonyms
	Chirindia schaeferi ; Sternfeld, 1912; Cynisca schaeferi ; — Branch, Pauwels & Burger, 2003;

The Cameroon worm lizard (Cynisca schaeferi) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.^[2]

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, schaeferi, is in honor of German zoologist Hans Schäfer who collected the holotype.^[3]

The holotype of C. schaeferi, which is lost,^[2] measured 219 mm (8.6 in) in total length, including a tail 23 mm (0.91 in) long.^[4]

C. schaeferi is oviparous.^[2]

^ Chirio, L., LeBreton, M. & Gonwouo, N.L. (2021). "Cynisca schaeferi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. e.T176238A125811286. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176238/125811286. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cynisca schaeferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ 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. (Cynisca schaeferi, p. 234).
^ Sternfeld (1912).

Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des Reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (in French).
Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca schaeferi, p. 29).
Sternfeld R (1912). "Eine neue Scincidengattung aus Südafrika und eine neue Amphisbaenide aus Kamerun ". Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1912: 248–250. (Chirindia schaeferi, new species, p. 250 + Figure 2). (in German).

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