Lygosoma vosmaeri
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L. vosmaeri
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| Lygosoma vosmaeri (Gray, 1839)
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Hagria vosmaeri Gray, 1839[2] |
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Lygosoma vosmaeri (Vosmer's writhing skink) is a species of skink endemic to South Asia (India.[3][1] A second specimen was discovered in 2009 in an open scrub jungle in rocky habitat near Jaggayapet, Andhra Pradesh, some 170 years after the collection of the holotype.[1][4]
References
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- ↑ Gray, J.E. 1839 Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 2: 331-337 (287-293)
- ↑ and Bangladesh Lygosoma vosmaeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 January 2015.
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Further reading
- Boulenger, G. A. 1887 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575pp.
- Vyas, Raju 2002 Notes on the distribution of Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) and comments on the systematic status of L. vosmaerii (Gray, 1839). Hamadryad. 26 (2):360-361 [2001].
- Banglapedia, National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Lizard).
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