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Cynisca gansi

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Species of amphisbaenian

Cynisca gansi
Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Cynisca
Species: C. gansi
Binomial name
Cynisca gansi
Dunger, 1968

Cynisca gansi is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Nigeria.

Etymology

The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.

Geographic range

C. gansi is found in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. gansi is forest.

Reproduction

C. gansi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Luiselli, L.; Chirio, L. (2013). "Cynisca gansi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203808A2771570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203808A2771570.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cynisca gansi 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 gansi, p. 97).

Further reading

  • Dunger GT (1968). "The lizards and snakes of Nigeria. Part 5: the amphisbaenids of Nigeria including a description of 3 new species". Nigerian Field 33 (4): 167–192. (Cynisca gansi, new species).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca gansi, p. 28).


Taxon identifiers
Cynisca gansi


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