Baikia africana GRAY, 1865

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata
Subspecies
Common Names	E: West African Worm Lizard
Synonym	Baikia africana GRAY 1865 Baikia africana — DUNGER 1965 Anops africanus — TORNIER 1902 Baikia africana — GANS 2005: 22
Distribution	N Nigeria, Cameroon ? Type locality: ‘‘West Africa’’ (actually near Mokwa, Nigeria)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 65.5.9.7: RR1946.8.2.10.
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: presence reported from Cameroon (Tornier 1902) but not confirmed (Chirio & LeBreton 2007). Type species: Baikia africana is the type species of the genus Baikia GRAY 1865. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	The genus has been named after the collector of the type, Dr. William Balfour Baikie (1825-1864). The species has been named after its African origin.
References	Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp. Dunger, G.T. 1965. Baikia africana (family Amphisbaenidae): ecology and individual variation. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) 7: 217-221 - get paper here Dunger, G.T. 1968. The lizards and snakes of Nigeria. Part 5: the amphisbaenids of Nigeria including a description of 3 new species. Nigerian Field 33 (4): 167-192 Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here Gray,J.E. 1865. A revision of the genera and species of amphisbaenians with the descriptions of some new species now in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 16: 365-377 - get paper here Gray,J.E. 1865. A revision of the genera and species of amphisbaenians with the descriptions of some new species now in the collection of the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1865: 442-455. - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Tornier, G. 1902. Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. Syst., 15 (6): 663-677 - get paper here Witte, G. F. de 1933. Description d'un Typhlops nouveau du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. afr., Bruxelles, 24 (1): 104-105
External links	IUCN Red List - Baikia africana - Data Deficient, DD Google images

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