Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard

Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Ancylocranium
Species:	A. ionidesi
Binomial name
	Ancylocranium ionidesi; Loveridge, 1955

The Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard (Ancylocranium ionidesi) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.[2]

Etymology

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"..[3]

References

Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2014). "Ancylocranium ionidesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T20878073A20878077. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T20878073A20878077.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Ancylocranium ionidesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
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 ionidesi, p. 130).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2014). "Ancylocranium ionidesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T20878073A20878077. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T20878073A20878077.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[2] Ancylocranium ionidesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

[EDR-3] 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 ionidesi, p. 130).