Cynisca schaeferi (STERNFELD, 1912)
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: CameroonWorm Lizard |
Synonym | Chirindia schaeferi STERNFELD 1912: 150 Cynisca schaeferi — BRANCH et al. 2003 Cynisca schaeferi — GANS 2005: 29 |
Distribution | Cameroon
Type locality: Yapoma
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: lost, was ZMB 22367 (lost according to Gans et al. 1997) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Gans 1987: 63 |
Comment | Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after Brothers Hans Schäfer (b. 1884) and Dr. Fritz Schäfer (d. 1911), who both collected natural history specimens in Africa. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
- Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
- Gans, C. 2005. CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 289: 1-130 - get paper here
- Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
- Sternfeld, R. 1912. Eine neue Scincidengattung aus Südafrika und eine neue Amphisbaenide aus Kamerun. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1912: 248-250 - get paper here
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