Cynisca kraussi (PETERS, 1878)
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata |
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Common Names | E: Ghana Worm Lizard |
Synonym | Amphisbaena kraussi PETERS 1878: 192 Cynisca kraussi — GANS 1967 Cynisca kraussi — BAUER et al. 1995: 67 Cynisca kraussi — GANS 2005: 28 Cynisca kausi — MEASEY & TOLLEY 2013: 105 (in error) |
Distribution | SE Ghana (NW Ashanti)
Type locality: “Westafrika”.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: ZMB 9375, ZMUC R4470; two paralectotypes: SMNS 1346.a.-b. |
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References |
- Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Gans C 1987. Studies on amphisbaenians (Reptilia). 7. The small round-headed species (Cynisca) from western Africa. American Museum Novitates (2896): 1-84 - 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
- Loveridge, A. 1948. The Lizard Amphisbaena kraussi Rediscovered in the Gold CoastThe Lizard Amphisbaena kraussi Rediscovered in the Gold Coast. Copeia 1948 (3): 213-214 - get paper here
- Measey, John & Krystal A. Tolley 2013. A molecular phylogeny for sub-Saharan amphisbaenians. African Journal of Herpetology 62 (2): 100-108 - get paper here
- Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1878. Über zwei Scincoiden aus Australien und eine neue Amphisbaena von Westafrika. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin. 1878 (November): 191-192 - get paper here
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