Feylinia boulengeri

Feylinia boulengeri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.[2] The species is native to Central Africa.

Feylinia boulengeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Feylinia
Species:
F. boulengeri
Binomial name
Feylinia boulengeri
Chabanaud, 1917
Synonyms[2]
  • Feylinia boulengeri
    Chabanaud, 1917
  • Chabanaudia boulengeri
    — de Witte & Laurent, 1943
  • Feylinia boulengeri
    — Brygoo, 1983

Description

F. boulengeri, like all species in the genus Feylinia, has no legs, and has reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin.[3]

Geographic range

F. boulengeri is endemic to Gabon.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of F. boulengeri is forest, at an altitude of 20 m (66 ft).[1]

Behavior

F. boulengeri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of F. boulengeri is unknown.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[4]

References
  1. Chirio, L.; LeBreton, M. (2021). "Feylinia boulengeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T150250389A150250400. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T150250389A150250400.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Feylinia boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2020.
  3. Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Family Anelytropidæ, p. 430).
  4. 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. (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, Figures 3–5). (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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