Cophoscincopus greeri

Cophoscincopus greeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Cophoscincopus
Species:	C. greeri
Binomial name
Cophoscincopus greeri Böhme, Schmitz, & Ziegler, 2000

Cophoscincopus greeri is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in western Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer. ^[3]

References

1. Penner, J.; Branch, W.R.; Rödel, M.-O.; Trape, J.; Chirio, L. (2013). "Cophoscincopus greeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T13152672A13152675. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152672A13152675.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Cophoscincopus greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
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. (Cophoscincopus greeri, p. 108).