Haackgreerius

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Haackgreerius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Haackgreerius
Lanza, 1983
Species:
H. miopus
Binomial name
Haackgreerius miopus
(Greer & Haacke), 1982
Synonyms [2]
  • Lygosoma miopus
    Greer & Haacke, 1982
  • Haackgreerius miopus
    — Lanza, 1983

Haackgreerius is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus Haackgreerius is endemic to coastal Somalia and contains one species.

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Etymology

The generic name, Haackgreerius, is in honor of South African herpetologist Wulf Dietrich Haacke and Australian herpetologist Allen E. Greer. [3]

Geographic range

The genus Haackgreerius is endemic to coastal Somalia. [2]

Species

The genus Haackgreerius is monotypic, containing a single species, Haackgreerius miopus.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. miopus is shrubland. [1]

Description

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

The mode of reproduction of H. miopus is unknown. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mazuch, T. (2021). "Haackgreerius miopus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T22471289A22471312. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471289A22471312.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Genus Haackgreerius at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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. (Haackgreerius miopus, pp. 107-108, 113).

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