Eumecia anchietae BOCAGE, 1870
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Eumecia anchietae anchietae BOCAGE 1870 Eumecia anchietae major LAURENT 1964 Eumecia anchietae wittei LAURENT 1964 |
Common Names | Anchieta’s Snake Skink, Western Serpentiform Skink major: Lunda Western Snake Skink |
Synonym | Eumecia anchietae BOCAGE 1870: 67 Euprepes Anchieta BOCAGE 1866: 44 (nom. nud.) Lygosoma (Riopa) anchietae — BOULENGER 1887 Lygosoma anchietae — STERNFELD 1911: 384 Riopa (Eumecia) anchietae — SMITH 1937: 230 Riopa anchietae — LOVERIDGE 1953 Eumecia anchietae — HAAGNER et al. 2000 Eumecia anchietae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 16 Eumecia anchietae anchietae — HAAGNER et al. 2000 Eumecia anchietae — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 130 Eumecia anchietae anchietae — MARQUES et al. 2018 Eumecia anchietae major LAURENT 1964 Eumecia anchietae major LAURENT 1964: 80 Eumecia anchietae major — MARQUES et al. 2018 Eumecia anchietae wittei LAURENT 1964 Eumecia anchietae wittei LAURENT 1964: 80 Eumecia anchietae wittei — WELCH 1982: 81 Eumecia anchietae wittei — BÖHME 2014: 153 |
Distribution | Angola, S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia Type locality: Huilla Plateau, Mossamedes, Angola. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: MB (Museu Bocage) specimen number unnkown (collector J.A. d’Anchieta) destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Holotype: MD 6002 (collector A. Serralheiro) [major] Holotype: IRSNB type 2.407; Paratypes in ZFMK, IRSNB, RMNH and CM [wittei] |
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Comment | Type species: Eumecia anchietae BOCAGE 1870 is the type species of the genus Eumecia BOCAGE 1870. Limb morphology: Reduced limbs. |
Etymology | Named after José de Anchieta (9 Oct 1832 -14 Sep 1897), Portugese explorer of Africa. |
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