Feylinia boulengeri
Feylinia boulengeri is an African lizard in the family Scincidae[1] commonly known as skinks.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Feylinia |
| Species: | F. boulengeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Feylinia boulengeri (Chabanaud, 1917) | |
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Description
The species in this genus has reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin.
Etymology
The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[2]
References
- "Feylinia boulengeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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. (Genus Chabanaudia, pp. 50-51; 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). ( 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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