Feylinia boulengeri

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Feylinia boulengeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Feylinia
Species:
F. boulengeri
Binomial name
Feylinia boulengeri
Chabanaud, 1917
Synonyms [2]
  • Feylinia boulengeri
    Chabanaud, 1917
  • Chabanaudia boulengeri
    de Witte & Laurent, 1943
  • Feylinia boulengeri
    Brygoo, 1983

Feylinia boulengeri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. [2] The species is native to Central Africa.

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Description

F. boulengeri, like all species in the genus Feylinia , has no legs, and has reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin. [3]

Geographic range

F. boulengeri is endemic to Gabon. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of F. boulengeri is forest, at an altitude of 20 m (66 ft). [1]

Behavior

F. boulengeri is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of F. boulengeri is unknown. [2]

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Chirio, L.; LeBreton, M. (2021). "Feylinia boulengeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T150250389A150250400. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T150250389A150250400.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Feylinia boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2020.
  3. Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Family Anelytropidæ, p. 430).
  4. 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. (C. boulengeri, pp. 34–35).

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