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Cynisca gansi

{{Short description|Species of amphisbaenian}}

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| status = PE

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Luiselli, L. |author-link=species:Luca Luiselli |author2=Chirio, L. |author2-link=species:Laurent Chirio |date=2013 |title=Cynisca gansi |volume=2013 |page=e.T203808A2771570 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203808A2771570.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Cynisca

| species = gansi

| authority = Dunger, 1968

}}

Cynisca gansi is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Nigeria.{{NRDB species|genus=Cynisca|species=gansi|accessdate=24 February 2019}}

Etymology

The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.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).

Geographic range

C. gansi is found in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. gansi is forest.

Reproduction

C. gansi is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • 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).

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Category:Cynisca (lizard)

Category:Reptiles described in 1968

Category:Taxa named by Gerald T. Dunger

Category:Endemic fauna of Nigeria

Category:Reptiles of Nigeria

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