Cynisca gansi Dunger 1968 articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Nigeria
Type locality: Okoloma village near Port Harcourt, Eastern Nigeria (4°42N, 7°27E).

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Cynisca gansi is a species of worm lizard 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 habitat of C. gansi is forest.^[1]

C. gansi is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^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).

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Cynisca gansi is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Nigeria.