Brauer's burrowing skink

Brauer's burrowing skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Janetaescincus
Species: J. braueri
Binomial name
Janetaescincus braueri
(Boettger, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scelotes braueri
    Boettger, 1896
  • Janetaescincus braueri
    — Greer, 1970

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

  1. ↑ "Janetaescincus braueri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.
  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. (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).


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