Cynisca gansi

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Cynisca gansi
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Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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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 worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Nigeria. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans. [3]

Geographic range

C. gansi is found in Kwara State, Nigeria. [2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. gansi is forest. [1]

Reproduction

C. gansi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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).

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