Cynisca gansi (original) (raw)
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Species of amphisbaenian
| Cynisca gansi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Cynisca |
| Species: | C. gansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynisca gansiDunger, 1968 |
Cynisca gansi is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Nigeria.[2]
The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.[3]
C. gansi is found in Kwara State, Nigeria.[2]
The preferred natural habitat of C. gansi is forest.[1]
- ^ a b Luiselli, L.; Chirio, L. (2013). "Cynisca gansi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203808A2771570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203808A2771570.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Cynisca gansi 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 gansi, p. 97).
- Dunger GT (1968). "The lizards and snakes of Nigeria. Part 5: the amphisbaenids of Nigeria including a description of 3 new species". Nigerian Field 33 (4): 167–192. (Cynisca gansi, new species).
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca gansi, p. 28).