Cynisca bifrontalis (BOULENGER, 1906)

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Higher Taxa	Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: French Congo Worm Lizard
Synonym	Amphisbaena bifrontalis BOULENGER 1906: 202 Cynisca bifrontalis — LAURENT 1947 Cynisca bifrontalis — GANS 1987: 29 Cynisca bifrontalis — BRANCH et al. 2003 Cynisca bifrontalis — GANS 2005: 28
Distribution	Gabon (endemic) Type locality: “Fernand Vaz, French Congo”.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MSNG 28163.
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: Not listed by BROADLEY & POYNTON 1998 for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). Differentiation between C. bifrontalis and C. haughi involves the lack of a discreet ocular in C. haughi (present in C. bifrontalis), and a caudal autotomy site at the level of the 7th caudal annulus (at the 11th in C. bifrontalis).
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (3) 2: 196-216 - get paper here Branch, William R., Oliver S. G. Pauwels and Marius Burger 2003. Re-discovery of Cynisca bifrontalis in Gabon, with additional notes on Monopeltis galeata (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia). African Journal of Herpetology 52 (2): 93-100 - get paper here Laurent, R.F. 1947. Notes sur les Amphisbaenidae d'Afrique. Revue. Zool. Bot. Afr. Vol. 40: 52-63 Pauwels, O.S.G. & Vande Weghe, J.P. 2008. Les reptiles du Gabon. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: 272 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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