Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink

Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Janetaescincus
Species: J. veseyfitzgeraldi
Binomial name
Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi
(Parker, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Amphiglossus veseyfitzgeraldi
    Parker, 1947
  • Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi
    Greer, 1970
  • Scelotes veseyfitzgeraldi
    — Henkel & W. Schmidt, 2000
  • Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi
    — Austin et al., 2009[1]

Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi ) is a species of lizard in the skink family, Scincidae.[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, veseyfitzgeraldi, commemorates the Irish ecologist Leslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.[3]

Geographic range

J. veseyfitzgeraldi is found only in the Seychelles.[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitat of J. veseyfitzgeraldi is tropical moist lowland forests.[2]

Conservation status

J. veseyfitzgeraldi is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. "Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gerlach J, Ineich I. 2006. Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  3. 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. (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi, p. 275).


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