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Cameroon worm lizard

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Species of lizard

Cameroon worm lizard
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Cynisca
Species: C. schaeferi
Binomial name
Cynisca schaeferi
(Sternfeld, 1912)
Synonyms

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

Etymology

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

Description

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

Reproduction

C. schaeferi is oviparous.

References

  1. 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.
  2. ^ Cynisca schaeferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. 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).
  4. Sternfeld (1912).

Further reading

  • 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).


Taxon identifiers
Cynisca schaeferi


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