Gongylomorphus bojerii (DESJARDIN, 1831)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Gongylomorphus bojerii fontenayi VINSON 1973 Gongylomorphus bojerii bojerii (DESJARDIN 1831) Gongylomorphus bojerii borbonica VINSON 1970 |
Common Names | Bojer's Skink |
Synonym | Scincus bojerii DESJARDIN 1831: 296 Gongylus Bojerii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 625 Scelotes bojeri — BOULENGER 1887: 409 Gongylomorphus bojeri — GREER 1970 Gongylomorphus bojerii — BRYGOO 1981 Scelotes bojerii — BULLOCK 1986 Scelotes bojerii — NORTH et al. 1994 Thyrus bojeri ? (O’SHEA, pers. comm.) Gongylomorphus bojeri — AUSTIN & ARNOLD 2006 Gongylomorphus bojerii borbonica VINSON 1970 Gongylomorphus bojerii borbonica VINSON 1970: 229 Gongylomorphus bojerii borbonica — BRYGOO 1985: 16 Gongylomorphus bojeri fontenayi VINSON 1973 Gongylomorphus fontenayi — AUSTIN & ARNOLD 2006 |
Distribution | Mascarenes, Mauritius (Round Island, Gunner's Quoin [Coin de Mire], Reunion ?) |
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Types | Holotype: MNHN, apparently lost (Brygoo 1985) Holotype: MNHN [borbonica] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Skull characters: Palatine bones and palatal rami of pterygoids meeting medially; palatal rami of pterygoids "squared-off," not emarginated posteriorly as in the following two genera; pterygoid teeth absent (Fig. 7 in GREER 1970). Postorbital bone distinct, well developed; supratemporal arch well developed; 16 teeth on maxilla and 11 teeth on premaxillae. External characters: Interparietal small, not touching supraoculars; frontoparietals present (absent in all other subsaharan Africa, Madagascar, or west Indian Ocean island scincines); ear opening a horizontal slit; 38 longitudinal scale rows at midbody; digits 5-5 [from GREER 1970]. |
Comment | Conservation: Probably extinct on Reunion. Type species: Scincus bojerii DESJARDIN 1831 is the type species of the genus Gongylomorphus FITZINGER 1843. |
Etymology | Named after Wenzel Bojer (1800-1856), a Czech naturalist. He collected in tropical Africa. He was Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Pamplemousses, Mauritius (1948- 1949). |
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