Ancylocranium
| Ancylocranium | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Ancylocranium Parker,1942 |
| Species | |
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Three, see text. | |
Ancylocraniumis agenusofamphisbaenians,commonlyknown as sharp-snouted worm lizards, in thefamilyAmphisbaenidae.Threespeciesare placed in this genus, which isendemicto easternAfricaand theHorn of Africa.
Species
[edit]The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Ancylocranium barkeriLoveridge,1946– Lindi sharp-snouted worm lizard
- Ancylocranium ionidesiLoveridge, 1955– Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard
- Ancylocranium somalicum(Scortecci,1930)– Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard
Nota bene:Abinomial authorityin parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other thanAncylocranium.
References
[edit]- ^GenusAncylocraniumatThe Reptile Databasewww.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
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Wikispecieshas information related toAncylocranium.
- Gans C(2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World".Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History(289): 1–130.
- Loveridge A(1946). "A new worm-lizard (Ancylocranium barkeri) from Tanganyika Territory ".Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington59:73–76, Plate VIII.
- Loveridge A (1955). "On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. Ionides".Journal of the East African Natural History Society22:168–198. (Ancylocranium ionidesi,new species, pp. 169, 177–179).
- Parker HW(1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland".Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College91(1): 1–101. (Ancylocranium,new genus, p. 57).
- Scortecci G(1930). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia".Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino[Third Series]41(10): 1–26. (Anops somalicus,new species). (in Italian).