''Scolecoseps boulengeri'', also known
commonly as Boulenger's limbless skink, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to
Mozambique.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''boulengeri'', is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...
.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
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Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
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* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Scolecoseps boulengeri'', p. 35).
Geographic range
''S. boulengeri'' is found along the coast of Mozambique in
Cabo Delgado Province and
Nampula Province.
Reproduction
The
mode of reproduction of ''S. boulengeri'' is unknown.
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References
Further reading
* Loveridge A (1920). "Notes on East African Lizards collected 1915–1919, with Description of a new Genus and Species of Skink and new Subspecies of Gecko". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1920: 131–167. (''Scolecoseps boulengeri'', new species, pp. 159–160 + Text-figure 1).
boulengeri
Reptiles of Mozambique
Reptiles described in 1920
Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge
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