Paracontias kankana KÖHLER, VIEITES, GLAW, KAFFENBERGER & VENCES, 2009
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Paracontias kankana
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Paracontias kankana KÖHLER, VIEITES, GLAW, KAFFENBERGER & VENCES 2009 Paracontias sp. aff. tsararano — KÖHLER et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | CE Madagascar Type locality: Mahasoa forest (pitfall camp), 17.29769° S, 48.70199° E, 1032 m elevation, near Ambatodisakoana village, central eastern Madagascar. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZSM 1810/2008 (field number DRV05711), adult female, collected on 13 February 2008, by D. R. Vieites, M. Vences, P. Bora, C. Patton and J. Patton. |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Paracontias fasika mainly differs from P. kankana by 16 scale rows around midbody (versus 21) , 46 presacral vertebrae ( versus 59), an hourglass-shaped frontal scal e (versus bell-shaped), and the nostril being in contact with first supral abial and loreal (versus in contact with first supral abial only). |
| Etymology | The specific name is derived from the Malagasy word "kankana" meaning worm, and refers to the worm-like body shape. The name is used as an invariable noun in apposition to the generic name. |
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