Cynisca feae (BOULENGER, 1906)
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata |
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Common Names | E: Ugly Worm Lizard |
Synonym | Placogaster feae BOULENGER 1906: 203 Cynisca feae — GANS 1987 Cynisca feae — PAUWELS & MEIRTE 1996 Cynisca feae — GANS 2005: 28 Cynisca feae — TRAPE 2014 |
Distribution | Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Type locality: ‘‘Cassine River District, Portuguese Guinea’’. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1906.3.30.34: RR1946.9.1.13, 1906.3.30.35, RR1946.9.1.14; MSNG 28162 (seven specimens). |
Diagnosis | Description. Rostral moderate, triangular; nasal fused with first and second labials, preocular, ocular, prefrontal and frontal, forming a long suture with its fellow behind the rostral; no prefrontals; no frontal; a pair of elongate postfrontals; no parietals(obviously fused with postfrontals); no occipitals (obviously fused with postfrontals); no supraocular; no preocular; no ocular (its former position indicated by a groove), eye hidden; 1 (third) upper labial; 2 temporals, upper very large, forming an extensive suture with a postfrontal; mental elongate; 2 lower labials, first very large,second small; no postmental (obviously fused with mental); no chin shields; 252-258 annuli on body, 9-24 on tail; 19 (12 + 7) segments in a midbody annulus, the median ventral segment six times as broad as long; 4 anals; 6 preanal pores. Coloration. Above, pale brown; below, white. Measurements. Total length 175 (160 + 15) mm. Source: Loveridge 1941: 401 |
Comment | Type species: Placogaster feae BOULENGER 1906 is the type species of the genus Placogaster BOULENGER 1906 (now a synonym of Cynisca (fide GANS 2005). |
Etymology | Named after Leonardo Fea, naturalist in Genua. |
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