''Hakaria'' is a
genus
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of
skink, a
lizard in the
family
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Scincidae. The genus contains one
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
, ''Hakaria simonyi'', which is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Socotra
Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’ ...
.
Etymology
The
specific name, ''simonyi'', is in honor of Viennese naturalist
Oskar Simony Oskar may refer to:
* oskar (gene), the Drosophila gene
* Oskar (given name) Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin.
Etymology
The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ' ...
(1852–1915).
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011) ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Hakaria simonyi'', p. 244).]
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
of ''H. simonyi'' is
shrubland, at altitudes of .
References
Further reading
*
Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra. II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". ''Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums'' 2 (1): 4–7. (''Parachalcides socotranus'', new species, p. 6).
*
Steindachner F (1899). "''Über eine von Herrn Prof. O. Simony während der südarabischen Expedition in Sokotra entdeckte neue'' Sepsina-''Art, die zugleich einer besonderen Subgattung'' (Hakaria) ''angehört, und charakterisirt dieselbe''". ''Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematischen-Naturwissenschaftenliche Classe'' 36: 161–162. ("''Sepsina (Hakaria) Simonyi'' ", new species). (in German).
Skinks
Monotypic lizard genera
Endemic fauna of Socotra
Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
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