Cynisca liberiensis (BOULENGER, 1879)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
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) Additional details (5189 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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.
References	Angel, FERNAND 1943. Sur deux lézards nouveaux, de la Haute-Guinée française, appartenant aux familles de amphisbénidés et des gekkonidés (Materiaux de la Mission Lamotte au Mont Nimba, en 1942). Prémière note. Bull. Mus. Natl. d'Hist. Nat., Paris, (sér. 2) 15 (4): 163-166. Böhme, Wolfgang, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Christian Brede & Philipp Wagner 2011. The reptiles (Testudines, Squamata, Crocodylia) of the forested southeast of the Republic Guinea (Guinée forestière), with a country-wide checklist. Bonn zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 35-61 - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1879. Description d'un genre nouveau et d'une expèce nouvelle de la famille des amphisbénides. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 3: 300-303 [1878, see Fretey 2023] - get paper here Brygoo, E. R. 1990. Les types d'Amphisbaenidés, Pygopodidés, Xantusiidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - Catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 12 (ser. 4) A (3-4), suppl.: 3-18 Frétey, Thierry 2023. The publication dates of the printed issues of the Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France (1816–2015). Bionomina 33: 00–62 - get paper here Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here Trape, J.F.; Mané, Y. 2015. Note sur une collection d’amphisbènes (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) d’Afrique occidentale. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 154 : 35-60
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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