• Source: Cynisca (lizard)

Cynisca is a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. 20 species are placed in this genus, all of them native to West Africa.




Species


Cynisca bifrontalis (Boulenger, 1906) - French Congo worm lizard
Cynisca chirioi J.-F. Trape, Mané & Baldé, 2014
Cynisca degrysi (Loveridge, 1941) - Sierra Leone worm lizard
Cynisca feae (Boulenger, 1906) - ugly worm lizard
Cynisca gansi Dunger, 1968
Cynisca haugi (Mocquard, 1904) - Haug's worm lizard
Cynisca ivoirensis Trape & Mané, 2014
Cynisca kigomensis Dunger, 1968
Cynisca kraussi (W. Peters, 1878) - Ghana worm lizard
Cynisca leonina (F. Müller, 1885) - Los Archipelago worm lizard
Cynisca leucura (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) - coast worm lizard
Cynisca liberiensis (Boulenger, 1878) - Liberia worm lizard
Cynisca manei J.-F. Trape, 2014
Cynisca muelleri (Strauch, 1881)
Cynisca nigeriensis Dunger, 1968
Cynisca oligopholis (Boulenger, 1906) - Cassine River worm lizard
Cynisca rouxae Hahn, 1979
Cynisca schaeferi (Sternfeld, 1912) - Cameroon worm lizard
Cynisca senegalensis Gans, 1987
Cynisca williamsi Gans, 1987
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cynisca.




References


"Cynisca ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.




Further reading



Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Cynisca (lizard)
• Cameroon worm lizard
• Cynisca chirioi
• Cynisca kigomensis
• Cynisca muelleri
• Cynisca (disambiguation)
• Cynisca williamsi
• Coast worm lizard
• Cynisca ivoirensis
• Cynisca rouxae