Ghana worm lizard
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| Ghana worm lizard | |
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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. kraussi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynisca kraussi (W. Peters, 1878)
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The Ghana worm lizard (Cynisca kraussi) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Ghana.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, kraussi, is in honor of German naturalist Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]C. kraussi is found in southeastern Ghana.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. kraussi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]C. kraussi is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Chirio, L. (2013). "Cynisca kraussi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T174090A17217799. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T174090A17217799.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cynisca kraussi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cynisca kraussi, p. 146).
Further reading
[edit]- Gans C (1987). "Studies on Amphisbaenians (Reptilia). 7. The Small Round-headed Species (Cynisca) from Western Africa". American Museum Novitates (2896): 1–84. (Cynisca kraussi, p. 43).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca kraussi, p. 28).
- Loveridge A (1948). "The Lizard Amphisbaena kraussi Rediscovered in the Gold Coast". Copeia 1948 (3): 213–214.
- Peters W (1878). "Über zwei Scincoiden aus Australien und eine neue Amphisbaena von Westafrika". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1878: 191–192. (Amphisbaena kraussi, new species). (in German).
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