Brauer's burrowing skink
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Janetaescincus |
Species: | J. braueri
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Binomial name | |
Janetaescincus braueri (Boettger, 1896)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Brauer's burrowing skink (Janetaescincus braueri ) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, braueri, is in honor of German zoologist August Bernhard Brauer.[3]
Geographic range
J. braueri is found only in the Seychelles.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitats of Brauer's burrowing skink are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[2]
Conservation status
J. braueri is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- ^ "Janetaescincus braueri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c d Gerlach J, Ineich I (2006). Janetaescincus braueri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- ^ 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. (Janetaescincus braueri, p. 37).
Further reading
- Boettger O (1896). "Neue Kriechthiere ( Scelotes, Arthroleptis ) von den Seychellen ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 19: 349-351. (Scelotes braueri, new species, pp. 349–350).
- Greer AE (1970). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Subsaharan Africa, Seychelles, and Mauritius Scincine Scincid Lizards". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard College 140 (1): 1-24. (Janetaescincus braueri, new combination, pp. 18, 22).