Chabanaudia
| Chabanaudia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chabanaudia de Witte & Laurent, 1943[1] |
Chabanaudia is a genus of central African lizard in the family Scincidae[2] commonly known as skinks. The genus Chabanaudia is monotypic, containing only one species.[1]
Description
The species in this genus has reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin.
Species
- Chabanaudia boulengeri (Chabanaud, 1917)
Geographic range
C. boulengeri is endemic to Gabon.[2]
Etymology
The generic name, Chabanaudia, is in honor of French herpetologist Paul Chabanaud. The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]
References
- 1 2 Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- 1 2 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. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Chabanaudia, pp. 50-51; C. boulengeri, pp. 34-35).
Further reading
- Chabanaud P. 1917. "Descriptions de trois espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de l'Afrique ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris 23: 219-225. (Feylinia boulengeri, new species, pp. 221–222). ( in French).
- de Witte G-F, Laurent RF. 1943. "Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger ". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Series 2, 26: 1-44. (Chabanaudia, new genus). (in French).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Chabanaudia, p. 303).
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 09, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.