Cynisca liberiensis (BOULENGER, 1879)
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Cynisca liberiensis
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Liberia Worm Lizard |
| Synonym | Ophioproctes liberiensis BOULENGER 1879: 300 Amphisbaena lamottei ANGEL 1943 Cynisca liberiensis — GANS 1987: 53 Cynisca liberiensis lamottei — BRYGOO 1990 Cynisca liberiensis — GANS 2005: 29 Cynisca cf. liberiensis — BÖHME et al. 2011 |
| Distribution | Liberia, Sierra Leone, SE Guinea (Conakry) Type locality: ‘‘Liberia’’. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: IRSNB 2005. Holotype: MNHN 1943.65 = MHNP [lamottei] |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: Preocular supralabials, nasal and prefrontal fused, with a blind suture entering fused shield from anterior corner of ocular. Ocular discrete (quadratic, diagonally placed). Frontal and parietal fused (relatively small). One or two pairs of distinct occipitals. Enormous first postocular supralabial in broad contact with frontal-parietal. Large temporal lies dorsal to large first and smaller second postsupralabials. Snout generally pointed. 2 supralabials and 2 infralabials. Mental and first infralabials enormous. 2 rows of up to 4 postgenials each between enlarged malars. 217-262 body annuli; 21-24 caudal annuli. Midbody segments, 12-16 dorsal, 8-10 ventral. Median ventral segments enlarged, paired. 6 or 8 round precloacal pores in males, none in females. Autotomy site at the 6th to 9th caudal annulus. (Gans 1987: 53) |
| Comment | Type species: Ophioproctes liberiensis BOULENGER 1878 is the type species of the genus Ophioproctes BOULENGER 1878, which is now considered as a synonym of Cynisca. The publication date is 1879, not 1878, fide Frétey 2023. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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