Typhlosaurus lomiae HAACKE, 1986
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Acontiinae (Acontidae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Lomi’s Blind Legless Skink |
Synonym | Typhlosaurus lomii HAACKE 1986 Typhlosaurus lomii — BAUER et al. 2000 Typhlosaurus lomiae — MICHELS & BAUER 2004 Typhlosaurus lomii — DUBOIS 2007 (by implication) |
Distribution | Republic 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".
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Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 56116 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Limb morphology: Limbless. |
Etymology | named 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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