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(Redirected from Chabanaudia) Species of lizard

Feylinia boulengeri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Feylinia
Species: F. boulengeri
Binomial name
Feylinia boulengeri
Chabanaud, 1917
Synonyms
  • Feylinia boulengeri
    Chabanaud, 1917
  • Chabanaudia boulengeri
    — de Witte & Laurent, 1943
  • Feylinia boulengeri
    — Brygoo, 1983

Feylinia boulengeri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa.

Description

F. boulengeri, like all species in the genus Feylinia, has no legs, and has reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin.

Geographic range

F. boulengeri is endemic to Gabon.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of F. boulengeri is forest, at an altitude of 20 m (66 ft).

Behavior

F. boulengeri is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of F. boulengeri is unknown.

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.

References

  1. ^ Chirio, L.; LeBreton, M. (2021). "Feylinia boulengeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T150250389A150250400. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T150250389A150250400.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Feylinia boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2020.
  3. Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Family Anelytropidæ, p. 430).
  4. 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. (C. boulengeri, pp. 34–35).

Further reading

  • Chabanaud P (1917). "Descriptions de trois espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de l'Afrique ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris 23: 219–225. (Feylinia boulengeri, new species, pp. 221–222, Figures 3–5). (in French).
  • de Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1943). "Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger ". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Series 2, 26: 1-44. (Chabanaudia, new genus). (in French).
  • Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Chabanaudia, p. 303).

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Taxon identifiers
Feylinia boulengeri


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