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Sierra Leone worm lizard
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca
Species:	C. degrysi
Binomial name
Cynisca degrysi (Loveridge, 1941)
Synonyms
Placogaster degrysi Loveridge, 1941 Cynisca degrysi — Branch et al., 2003

The Sierra Leone worm lizard (Cynisca degrysi) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Sierra Leone.

Etymology

The specific name, degrysi, is in honor of German zoologist Pedro de Grys.

Description

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).

Reproduction

C. degrysi is oviparous.

References

1. 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.
2. ^ Cynisca degrysi 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 degrysi, p. 68).

Further reading

• 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 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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