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Ancylocranium somalicum (SCORTECCI, 1931)

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAncylocranium somalicum somalicum (SCORTECCI 1931)
Ancylocranium somalicum parkeri GANS & KOCHVA 1966 
Common NamesE: Somali Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard 
SynonymAnops somalicus SCORTECCI 1931: 6
Ancylocranium somalicum — PARKER 1942: 57
Ancylocranium somalicum — LANZA 1983
Ancylocranium somalicum — GANS 2005: 22

Ancylocranium somalicum parkeri GANS & KOCHVA 1966
Ancylocranium somalicum parkeri — LANZA 1983
Ancylocranium parkeri — GANS 2005: 22 
DistributionSomalia, Ethiopia

Type locality: ‘‘Caitoi, Uebi Scebeli’’, Somali Republic.

parkeri: NW Somalia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MRSN (= MZUT, Torino, also cited as IMZUT) 3556 (Gans and Kochva, 1966: 93). Lectoparatype: MSNM 1294 (Benadir Province, Somali Republic).
Holotype: BMNH 1958.1.3.49. Paratypes: BMNH 1958.1.3.50, 1958.1.3.51 [parkeri] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2009 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Anops somalicus is the type species of the genus Ancylocranium PARKER 1942.

For a key to the species of Ancylocranium, see Gans & Kochva 1966. 
EtymologyNamed after its distribution in Somalia. 
References
  • Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
  • Gans, C., AND ELAZAR KOCHVA 1966. A systematic review of Ancylocranium (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). [Notes on amphisbaenids 22]. Israel Jour. Zool. 14: 87-121 [1965]
  • Lanza, B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. MONITORE ZOOLOGICO ITALIANO, new Ser., SUPPL. 18 (8): 193-247 - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Parker, H. W. 1942. The lizards of British Somaliland. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 1—101 - get paper here
  • Scortecci, Giuseppe 1931. Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia. Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, (ser. 3) 41 (10): 1-26 [1930]
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
 
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