Cameroon worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Cynisca
Species:
C. schaeferi
Binomial name
Cynisca schaeferi
(Sternfeld, 1912)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chirindia schaeferi
    Sternfeld, 1912
  • Cynisca schaeferi
    — Branch, Pauwels & Burger, 2003

The Cameroon worm lizard (Cynisca schaeferi) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, schaeferi, is in honor of German zoologist Hans Schäfer who collected the holotype.[3]

Description

The holotype of C. schaeferi, which is lost,[2] measured 219 mm (8.6 in) in total length, including a tail 23 mm (0.91 in) long.[4]

Reproduction

C. schaeferi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Chirio, L., LeBreton, M. & Gonwouo, N.L. (2021). "Cynisca schaeferi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. e.T176238A125811286. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176238/125811286. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cynisca schaeferi 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 schaeferi, p. 234).
  4. ↑ Sternfeld (1912).

Further reading

  • Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des Reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (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 schaeferi, p. 29).
  • Sternfeld R (1912). "Eine neue Scincidengattung aus Südafrika und eine neue Amphisbaenide aus Kamerun ". Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1912: 248–250. (Chirindia schaeferi, new species, p. 250 + Figure 2). (in German).



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