Ancylocranium
| Ancylocranium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Ancylocranium Parker, 1942 |
| Species | |
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Three, see text. | |
Ancylocranium is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. Three species are placed in this genus, which is endemic to eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Ancylocranium barkeri Loveridge, 1946
- Ancylocranium ionidesi Loveridge, 1955
- Ancylocranium somalicum (Scortecci, 1930)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ancylocranium.
Etymology
The specific name, barkeri is in honor of New Zealander zoologist Ronald de la Bere Barker (1889–?).[2]
The specific name, ionidesi, is in honor of British game warden Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901–1968), who was known as the "Snake Man of British East Africa".[2]
References
- ^ "Ancylocranium ". The Reptile Database. www,reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ancylcranium barkeri, p. 17; A. ionidesi, p. 130).
Further reading
Wikispecies has information related to Ancylocranium.
- Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1-130.
- Loveridge A (1946). "A new worm-lizard (Ancylocranium barkeri ) from Tanganyika Territory". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 59: 73-76, Plate VIII.
- Loveridge A (1955). "On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. Ionides". J. East African Nat. Hist. 22: 168-198. (Anclocranium ionidesi, new species, pp. 169, 177-179).
- Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Coll. 91 (1): 1-101. (Ancylocranium, new genus, p. 57).
- Scortecci G (1930). "Contributo alla conoscenza dei rettili e degli anfibi della Somalia, dell'Eritrea e dell'Abissinia ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino [Third Series] 41 (10): 1-26. (Anops somalicus, new species). (in Italian).