Haug's worm lizard

Haug's worm lizard
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca
Species:	C. haugi
Binomial name
	Cynisca haugi; (Mocquard, 1904)
Synonyms
	Amphisbaena haugi Mocquard, 1904

Haug's worm lizard (Cynisca haugi) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Gabon.

Etymology

The specific name, haugi, is in honor of Protestant missionary Ernest Haug (died 1915), who collected specimens for the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris).

Geographic range

Within Gabon, C. haugi is found in Moyen-Ogooué Province.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. haugi is unknown.

Description

The species C. haugi is small and relatively slender for its genus. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12.4 cm (4.9 in), plus a tail length of 1.6 cm (0.63 in).

Behavior

C. haugi is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

C. haugi is oviparous.

References

1 2 3 4 Chirio L (2021). "Cynisca haugi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203809A2771577.en. Accessed on 16 January 2023.
1 2 3 Cynisca haugi 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 haugi, p. 118).
1 2 Gans C (1987).
↑ Mocquard F (1904).

Gans C (1987). "Studies on Amphisbaenians (Reptilia). 7. The Small Round-headed Species (Cynisca) from Western Africa". American Museum Novitates (2896): 1–84. ("Cynisca haughi [sic]", pp. 39–41 + Figures 7, 11, 13, 14, 19).
Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. ("Cynisca haughi [sic]"", p. 28).
Mocquard F (1904). "Description de quelques Reptiles et d'un Batracien nouveaux de la collection du Muséum ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 10 (26): 301–309. (Amphisbæna haugi, new species, p. 301). (in French).
Pauwels OSG, Vande weghe JP (2008). Les Reptiles du Gabon. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. 272 pp. ISBN 9781893912014. (Cynisca haugi). (in French).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 Chirio L (2021). "Cynisca haugi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203809A2771577.en. Accessed on 16 January 2023.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Cynisca haugi 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 haugi, p. 118).

[Gans1987-4] 1 2 Gans C (1987).

[5] Mocquard F (1904).

Haug's worm lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca
Species:	C. haugi
Binomial name
*Cynisca haugi* (Mocquard, 1904)
Synonyms
Amphisbaena haugi Mocquard, 1904