Cynisca gansi

Cynisca gansi
Critically endangered
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
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.

Etymology

The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.

Geographic range

C. gansi is found in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. gansi is forest.

Reproduction

C. gansi is oviparous.

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).

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