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Typhlosaurus lomiae HAACKE, 1986

IUCN Red List - Typhlosaurus lomiae - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Acontiinae (Acontidae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lomi’s Blind Legless Skink 
SynonymTyphlosaurus lomii HAACKE 1986
Typhlosaurus lomii — BAUER et al. 2000
Typhlosaurus lomiae — MICHELS & BAUER 2004
Typhlosaurus lomii — DUBOIS 2007 (by implication) 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Little Namaqualand)

Type locality: “Farm Schulpfontein, 472 Nanlaqualand District, Cape Province [now Northern Cape], South Africa, 30° 05'S, 17°14'E, altitude just below 100 m, about 5 km inland from the
coast".  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 56116 
Diagnosis 
CommentLimb morphology: Limbless. 
Etymologynamed after Miss Lomi Brown (née Wessels), Collection Manager of Lower Vertebrates and Invertebrates at the Transvaal Museum since 1976. 
References
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Bauer, A.M., Schneider, V., Lamb, T., Moler, P., and Babb, R. 2000. New data on the limbless skink Typhlosaurus lomii (Squamata: Scincidae). African Journal of Herpetology 48: 21-26 [1999] - get paper here
  • Dubois, A. 2007. Genitives of species and subspecies nomina derived from personal names should not be emended. Zootaxa 1550: 49–68 - get paper here
  • Haacke W D 1986. Description of a new species of Typhlosaurus Wiegmann, 1834 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the west coast of southern Africa, with new records of related species. Annals Transvaal Mus. 34 (9): 227-235 - get paper here
  • Michels, J.P. & A.M. Bauer 2004. Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52: 83–94 [2005] [Note: Dubois 2007 rejected most of the changes made in this paper] - get paper here
 
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