Cynisca rouxae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Cynisca
Species:
C. rouxae
Binomial name
Cynisca rouxae
Hahn, 1979

Cynisca rouxae is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Ivory Coast.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, rouxae (genitive, feminine, singular), is in honor of French herpetologist Mme. Rolande Roux-Estève.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of C. rouxae are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

C. rouxae is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Rödel , M.-O.; Chirio, L. (2013). "Cynisca rouxae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203818A2771633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203818A2771633.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Cynisca rouxae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cynisca rouxae, p. 228).

Further reading

  • Brygoo E-R (1990). "Les types d'Amphisbaenidés, Pygopodidés, Xantusiidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle – Catalogue critique". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Ser. 4) A (3-4), suppl.: 3–8. (in French).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca rouxae, p. 29).
  • Hahn DE (1979). "A new species of Cynisca (Amphisbaenidae) from the Ivory Coast" Copeia 1979 (1): 122–125. (Cynisca rouxae, new species).
  • Rödel M-O, Grabow K (1996). "Zur Kenntnis von Cynisca rouxae Hahn, 1979 (Contributions to the knowledge of Cynisca rouxae Hahn, 1979)". Salamandra 32 (1): 13–22. (in German, with an abstract in English).



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