''Haackgreerius'' is a
genus
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of
skink
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, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae.
Etymology
The
generic name, ''Haackgreerius'', is in honor of
South Africa
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herpetologist
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Wulf Dietrich Haacke
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and
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herpetologist
Allen E. Greer.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Haackgreerius miopus'', pp. 107-108, 113).]
Geographic range
The genus ''Haackgreerius'' is
endemic
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to coastal
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.
[ www.reptile-database.org.]
Species
The genus ''Haackgreerius'' is
monotypic
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, containing a single
species
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, ''Haackgreerius miopus''.
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.
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Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of ''H. miopus'' is unknown.[
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References
Further reading
* Greer AE, Haacke WD (1982). "A new and unusual species of ''Lygosoma'' (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Horn of Africa". ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum'' 33 (10): 153–164. (''Lygosoma miopus'', new species).
* Lanza B (1983). "A List of the Somali Amphibians and Reptiles". ''Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento'' 18 (1): 193–247. (''Haackgreerius'', new genus, p. 210; ''H. miopus'', new combination, p. 210). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
*Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". ''Biogeographia'' 14: 407–465. (Genus ''Haackgreerius'', p. 423; species ''H. miopus'', p. 423).
Endemic fauna of Somalia
Skinks
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Allen Eddy Greer
Taxa named by Wulf Dietrich Haacke
Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
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