Cynisca gansi

Cynisca gansi
Conservation status
	; Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca
Species:	C. gansi
Binomial name
	Cynisca gansi; Dunger, 1968

Last updated September 30, 2025

Cynisca gansi is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Nigeria.^[2]

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 natural habitat of C. gansi is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

C. gansi is oviparous.^[2]

References

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.
1 2 3 Cynisca gansi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 24 February 2019.
↑ 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).

Dunger GT (1968). "The lizards and snakes of Nigeria. Part 5: the amphisbaenids of Nigeria including a description of 3 new species". Nigerian Field33 (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).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-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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