Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink
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| Species: | J. veseyfitzgeraldi
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| Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi (Parker, 1947)
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Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi ) is a species of lizard in the skink family, Scincidae.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet, veseyfitzgeraldi, commemorates the Irish ecologist Leslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.[3]
Geographic range
J. veseyfitzgeraldi is found only in the Seychelles.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitat of J. veseyfitzgeraldi is tropical moist lowland forests.[2]
Conservation status
J. veseyfitzgeraldi is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- ^ "Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c d Gerlach J, Ineich I. 2006. Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- ^ 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. (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi, p. 275).
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