Cynisca gansi

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Cynisca
Species:
C. gansi
Binomial name
Cynisca gansi
Dunger, 1968

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. 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.
  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).

Further reading

  • Dunger GT (1968). "The lizards and snakes of Nigeria. Part 5: the amphisbaenids of Nigeria including a description of 3 new species". Nigerian Field 33 (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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