Cynisca degrysi (LOVERIDGE, 1941)
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata |
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Common Names | E: Sierra Leone Worm Lizard |
Synonym | Placogaster degrysi LOVERIDGE 1941: 400 Cynisca degrysi — BRANCH et al. 2003 Cynisca degrysi — GANS 2005: 28 |
Distribution | Sierra Leone ?, Nigeria ? Type locality: ‘‘Lagos, Sierra Leone’’ (unclear locality: there is no Lagos in Sierra Leone). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMH R.K. 1070-E.K. 13179; destroyed. |
Diagnosis | Description. Rostral moderate, triangular; nasal fused with first and second labials, preocular and prefrontal, forming a long suture with its fellow behind the rostral; no prefrontals; frontal small; a pair of postfrontals; a pair of parietals; no occipitals; no supraocular; no preocular; ocular large, eye distinct; 1 (third) upper labial; 2 temporals, upper very large, forming an extensive suture with a postfrontal and parietal; mental elongate; 2 lower labials, first very large, second small; no postmental; 4 chin shields, all of which are in contact with a first lower labial; 243 annuli on body, 26 on tail; 17 (10 + 7) segments in a midbody annulus, the median ventral segment six times as broad as long; 6 anals; preanal pores. Coloration. Above, pale brown; below, white. Measurements. Total length 120 (107 + 13) mm. Remarks. Obviously derived from Amphisbaeua leonina of Tumbo Island, French Guinea, from which it differs in having 26 annuli (instead of 20) on tail; in 17 (instead of 24) segments in a midbody annulus, the median ventral segments being 6 (instead of less than 2) times as broad as long; absence (instead of 3-6) of preanal pores ; and of doubtful consequence, no postmental, it having divided longitudinally to form 4 chin shields. |
Comment | Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after Pedro de Grys (de Grijs) who worked at the Zoological Museum, Hamburg, and who lent the specimens to Loveridge. |
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