Hakaria
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Hakaria Steindachner, 1899 |
| Species: | H. simonyi
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| Hakaria simonyi (Steindachner, 1899)
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Hakaria is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Hakaria simonyi, which is endemic to Socotra.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, simonyi, is in honor of Viennese naturalist Oskar Simony (1852–1915).[3]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of H. simonyi is shrubland, at altitudes of 10–1,463 m (33–4,800 ft).[1]
References
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- ^ Species Hakaria simonyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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).. (Hakaria simonyi, p. 244).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra. II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2 (1): 4–7. (Parachalcides socotranus, new species, p. 6).
- Steindachner F (1899). "Über eine von Herrn Prof. O. Simony während der südarabischen Expedition in Sokotra entdeckte neue Sepsina-Art, die zugleich einer besonderen Subgattung (Hakaria) angehört, und charakterisirt dieselbe". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematischen-Naturwissenschaftenliche Classe 36: 161–162. ("Sepsina (Hakaria) Simonyi ", new species). (in German).
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