Haackgreerius
| Haackgreerius | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Haackgreerius Lanza, 1983 |
| Species: | H. miopus
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| Binomial name | |
| Haackgreerius miopus | |
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Haackgreerius is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus Haackgreerius is endemic to coastal Somalia and contains one species.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The generic name, Haackgreerius, is in honor of South African herpetologist Wulf Dietrich Haacke and Australian herpetologist Allen E. Greer.[3]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]The genus Haackgreerius is endemic to coastal Somalia.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus Haackgreerius is monotypic, containing a single species, Haackgreerius miopus.
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of H. miopus is shrubland.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The eye of H. miopus is vestigial and is covered by an undifferentiated ocular scale. The front legs are absent, but hind legs are present. Each hind foot has only two toes.[2]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]The mode of reproduction of H. miopus is unknown.[1][2]
References
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- ^ a b c d Genus Haackgreerius at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Haackgreerius miopus, pp. 107-108, 113).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Greer AE, Haacke WD (1982). "A new and unusual species of Lygosoma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Horn of Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 33 (10): 153–164. (Lygosoma miopus, new species).
- Lanza B (1983). "A List of the Somali Amphibians and Reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento 18 (1): 193–247. (Haackgreerius, new genus, p. 210; H. miopus, new combination, p. 210). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Genus Haackgreerius, p. 423; species H. miopus, p. 423).
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