Cynisca rouxae

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Cynisca rouxae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Cynisca
Species:
C. rouxae
Binomial name
Cynisca rouxae
Hahn, 1979

Cynisca rouxae is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Ivory Coast. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, rouxae (genitive, feminine, singular), is in honor of French herpetologist Mme. Rolande Roux-Estève. [3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of C. rouxae are forest and savanna. [1]

Reproduction

C. rouxae is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Rödel , M.-O.; Chirio, L. (2013). "Cynisca rouxae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T203818A2771633. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203818A2771633.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Cynisca rouxae 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 rouxae, p. 228).

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