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Typhlosaurus
''Typhlosaurus'' is a genus of African lizards, one of a number of genera of limbless lizards in the skink family ( Scincidae). This group was recently revised with most species formerly attributed to ''Typhlosaurus'' now placed in '' Acontias''. The current definition of ''Typhlosaurus'' includes five attenuate body legless lizards from southwestern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Angola). This is the sister genus to ''Acontias'', which together form the well supported Afrotropical subfamily Acontinae. Species Five species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Typhlosaurus braini'' Haacke, 1964 – Haacke's legless skink, Brain's legless skink, Brain's blind legless skink *'' Typhlosaurus caecus'' ( Cuvier, 1817) – southern blind legless skink, Cuvier's legless skink *'' Typhlosaurus lomiae'' Haacke, 1986 – Lomi's blind legless skink *'' Typhlosaurus meyeri'' Boettger, 1894 – Meyer's blind legless skink, variable blind legless skink *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlosaurus Lomiae
Lomi's blind legless skink (''Typhlosaurus lomiae'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Little Namaqualand in South Africa. Etymology The specific name ''lomiae'' honours Miss Lomi Wessels Brown, Collection Manager of lower vertebrates and invertebrates at the Transvaal Museum since 1976. Taxonomy In 1986 South African herpetologist Wulf Dietrich Haacke originally named this species ''Typhlosaurus lomii'', which is masculine (genitive singular). In 2004 J. Pieter Michels and Aaron Matthew Bauer corrected the specific name to ''lomiae'', which is feminine (genitive singular) because it honors a woman.Michels JP, Bauer AM (2004). "Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles". ''Bonner Zoologische Beiträge'' 52: 83–94. Description ''T. lomiae'' is limbless. It is blind, slender, and small. The usual snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults is . Dorsally, it is bright goldish pink. Ventrally, it is whitish and almost tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlosaurus Braini
Haacke's legless skink (''Typhlosaurus braini''), also known commonly as Brain's legless skink and Brain's blind legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Namibia. Etymology The specific name, ''braini'', is in honor of paleontologist Charles Kimberlin Brain. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Typhlosaurus braini'', p. 37). Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''T. braini'' is desert, at altitudes of . Description ''T. braini'' is limbless, slender, and uniformly light pink. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (''Typhlosaurus braini'', p. 136 + Plate 43). Behavior Having no limbs, ''T. braini'' "swims" in sand dunes, both under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlosaurus Caecus
The southern blind legless skink or Cuvier's legless skink (''Typhlosaurus caecus'') is a species of lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ... in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. References Typhlosaurus Skinks of Africa Endemic reptiles of South Africa Reptiles described in 1817 Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlosaurus Vermis
The pink blind legless skink or Boulenger's legless skink (''Typhlosaurus vermis'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count .... References Typhlosaurus Skinks of Africa Endemic reptiles of South Africa Reptiles described in 1887 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlosaurus Meyeri
Meyer's blind legless skink or the variable blind legless skink (''Typhlosaurus meyeri'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Namibia and South Africa. Etymology The specific names ''meyeri'', is in honor of German ornithologist Adolf Bernhard Meyer Adolf Bernhard Meyer (11 October 1840, Hamburg – 22 August 1911, Dresden) was a German anthropologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. He served for nearly thirty years as director of the Königlich Zoologisches und Anthropologi ....Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Typhlosaurus braini'', p. 37; ''T. meyeri'', p. 177). References Typhlosaurus Skinks of Africa Reptiles of Namibia Reptiles of South Africa Reptiles described in 1894 Taxa named by Oskar Boettger {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acontias
''Acontias'' is a genus of limbless skinks, the lance skinks, (family (biology), family Scincidae) in the African subfamily Acontinae.Branch 2004. Most are small animals, but the largest member of the genus is ''Acontias plumbeus'' at approximately snout-vent length. All members of this genus are viviparous, live-bearing sandswimmers, with fused eyelids. A recent review moved species that were formerly placed in the Genus, genera ''Typhlosaurus'', ''Acontophiops'', and ''Microacontias'' into this genus, as together these form a single branch in the tree of life. This new concept of ''Acontias'' is a sister lineage to ''Typhlosaurus'', and these two genera are the only genera within the subfamily Acontinae. Species These 26 species are recognized:"''Acontias'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. * ''Acontias albigularis'' Conradie, Busschau, & Edwards, 2018 – white-throated legless skink * ''Acontias aurantiacus'' (Wilhelm Peters, W. Peters, 1854) – golden b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a highly inflected language, with three distinct genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven noun cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative), five declensions, four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binomial Nomenclature
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, name or a scientific name; more informally it is also historically called a Latin name. The first part of the name – the '' generic name'' – identifies the genus to which the species belongs, whereas the second part – the specific name or specific epithet – distinguishes the species within the genus. For example, modern humans belong to the genus '' Homo'' and within this genus to the species '' Homo sapiens''. '' Tyrannosaurus rex'' is likely the most widely known binomial. The ''formal'' introduction of this system of naming species is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
