Cynisca leonina (MÜLLER, 1885)
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Los Archipelago Worm Lizard |
Synonym | Amphisbaena leonina MÜLLER 1885: 700 Cynisca leonina — KRAMER 1979 Cynisca leonina — GANS 1987: 46 Cynisca leonina — GANS 2005: 28 |
Distribution | Guinea-Bissau (Tumbo and Kassa islands, Los Archipelago), Guinea Type locality: ‘‘Tumbo Insel,’’ Los Archipelago, Guinea. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NMBA 3806. |
Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: Preocular supralabials, nasal, preocular, and prefrontal fused, with a blind suture entering fused shield from anterior corner of ocular. Ocular discrete (quadratic, diagonally placed). A small median azygous shield. Frontal and parietal fused (relatively small). Occipital distinct. Enormous first postocular supralabial contacts frontal-parietal. Large temporal lies dorsal to first and second postsupralabials. Snout generally pointed. 2 supralabials and 2 infralabials. Mental and first infralabials enormous. No true postmental, rather an enlarged median segment in the first postgenial row followed by two small segments in a second row, both TOWS flanked by elongate segments between the enlarged malars. 233-243 body annuli; 18-19 caudal annuli. Midbody segments, 14 dorsal, 10 ventral. Median ventral segments enlarged, paired. 7-8 round precloacal pores. Autotomy site at the 6th to 7th caudal annulus. (Gans 1987: 46) Additional details (6308 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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