Geomyersia

Geomyersia is a small genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.[1]

Geomyersia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Geomyersia
Greer & F. Parker, 1968
Type species
Geomyersia glabra
Greer & F. Parker, 1968
Diversity
2 species (see text)

Species

There are two species which are recognized as being valid:[1]

Etymology

The generic name, Geomyersia, is in honor of American herpetologist George S. Myers.[2]

The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[3]

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References
  1. Geomyersia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 October 2014.. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Greer & Parker (1968), p. 2.
  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. (Geomyersia coggeri, p. 56).

Further reading
  • Greer, Allen E.; Parker, Fred (1968). "Geomyersia glabra, a new genus and species of scincid lizard from Bougainville, Solomon Islands, with comments on the relationship of some lygosomine genera". Breviora (302): 1-17.


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