Cynisca leonina (MÜLLER, 1885)
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Cynisca leonina
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Los Archipelago Worm Lizard |
| Synonym | Amphisbaena leonina MÜLLER 1885: 700 Cynisca leonina — KRAMER 1979 Cynisca leonina — GANS 1987: 46 Cynisca leonina — GANS 2005: 28 |
| Distribution | Guinea-Bissau (Tumbo and Kassa islands, Los Archipelago), Guinea Type locality: ‘‘Tumbo Insel,’’ Los Archipelago, Guinea. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMBA 3806. |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: Preocular supralabials, nasal, preocular, and prefrontal fused, with a blind suture entering fused shield from anterior corner of ocular. Ocular discrete (quadratic, diagonally placed). A small median azygous shield. Frontal and parietal fused (relatively small). Occipital distinct. Enormous first postocular supralabial contacts frontal-parietal. Large temporal lies dorsal to first and second postsupralabials. Snout generally pointed. 2 supralabials and 2 infralabials. Mental and first infralabials enormous. No true postmental, rather an enlarged median segment in the first postgenial row followed by two small segments in a second row, both TOWS flanked by elongate segments between the enlarged malars. 233-243 body annuli; 18-19 caudal annuli. Midbody segments, 14 dorsal, 10 ventral. Median ventral segments enlarged, paired. 7-8 round precloacal pores. Autotomy site at the 6th to 7th caudal annulus. (Gans 1987: 46) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 6308 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin leonina, lion-like. ["…Oberseite des Leibes und Schwanzes, sowie Unterseite des letztern braun, Unterseite des Leibes schmutzig-weiss, Aftergegend milchig-weiss…"]. |
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