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Feylinia currori GRAY, 1845

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Forest Feylinia 
SynonymFeylinia currori GRAY 1845: 129
Feylinia currori — SCHMIDT 1919: 566
Feylinia currori — LEBRETON 1999
Feylinia currori — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 16
Feylinia currori — JACKSON & BLACKBURN 2007
Feylinia currori — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 169 
DistributionCameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Angola, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Nigeria; Sierra Leone (?), Kenya (Kakamega Forest), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Equatorial Guinea

Type locality: Angola.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.79 
Diagnosis 
CommentSpecimens from Bomassa (Congo) were dark brown or pale blue (K. Jackson, pers. comm.).

Distribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. Reports from Tunisia may be based on confusion with Sphenops boulengeri.

Limb morphology: Limbless.

Type species: Feylinia currori GRAY 1845: 129 is the type species of the genus Feylinia GRAY 1845. Feylinia is also the type genus of the subfamily Felininae CAMP 1923. REcent authors have included the Feylininae in Scincinae though (e.g. Lambert et al. 2014).

Skull morphology: for a comparison of African burrowing skinks see Stepanova & Bauer 2021. 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the type, “J. Curror” fide Gray 1845, but most likely collected by Andrew Beveridge Curror (1811–1844), see Figueiredo & Gideon 2020. 
References
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  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
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  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
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  • FIGUEIREDO, ESTRELA; GIDEON F. SMITH 2020. Andrew Beveridge Curror (1811–1844): collecting natural history specimens while preventing the slave trade along the west coast of Africa. Phytotaxa 436 (2): 141–156 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here
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