Chabanaudia

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Chabanaudia
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Chabanaudia

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Chabanaudia is a genus of central African lizard in the family Scincidae[2] commonly known as skinks. The genus Chabanaudia is monotypic, containing only one species.[1]

Description

The species in this genus has reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin.

Species

Geographic range

C. boulengeri is endemic to Gabon.[2]

Etymology

The generic name, Chabanaudia, is in honor of French herpetologist Paul Chabanaud. The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Chabanaudia, pp. 50-51; C. boulengeri, pp. 34-35).

Further reading

  • Chabanaud P. 1917. "Descriptions de trois espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de l'Afrique ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris 23: 219-225. (Feylinia boulengeri, new species, pp. 221-222). ( in French).
  • de Witte G-F, Laurent RF. 1943. "Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger ". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Series 2, 26: 1-44. (Chabanaudia, new genus). (in French).
  • Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Chabanaudia, p. 303).

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