The Cameroon worm lizard (Cynisca schaeferi) is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Cynisca |
| Species: | C. schaeferi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynisca schaeferi (Sternfeld, 1912)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, schaeferi, is in honor of German zoologist Hans Schäfer who collected the holotype.[3]
Description
editThe holotype of C. schaeferi, which is lost,[2] measured 219 mm (8.6 in) in total length, including a tail 23 mm (0.91 in) long.[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ Chirio, L., LeBreton, M. & Gonwouo, N.L. (2021). "Cynisca schaeferi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. e.T176238A125811286. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176238/125811286. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cynisca schaeferi 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 schaeferi, p. 234).
- ^ Sternfeld (1912).
Further reading
edit- Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des Reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN 978-2856536032. (in French).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca schaeferi, p. 29).
- Sternfeld R (1912). "Eine neue Scincidengattung aus Südafrika und eine neue Amphisbaenide aus Kamerun ". Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1912: 248–250. (Chirindia schaeferi, new species, p. 250 + Figure 2). (in German).
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