Sierra Leone worm lizard
| Sierra Leone worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Cynisca |
| Species: | C. degrysi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynisca degrysi (Loveridge, 1941)
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The Sierra Leone worm lizard (Cynisca degrysi) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Sierra Leone.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, degrysi, is in honor of German zoologist Pedro de Grys.[3]
Description[edit]
C. degrysi is pale brown dorsally, and white ventrally. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 10.7 cm (4.2 in) and a tail length of 1.3 cm (0.51 in).[2]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Chirio, L. (2013). "Cynisca degrysi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203807A2771563. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203807A2771563.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cynisca degrysi 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 degrysi, p. 68).
Further reading[edit]
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca degrysi, p. 28).
- Loveridge A (1941). "Revision of the African Lizards [sic] of the Family Amphisbaenidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 87 (5): 353–451. (Placogaster degrysi, new species, p. 400).
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