Cynisca gansi

Cynisca gansi is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to Nigeria.[2]

Cynisca gansi
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca
Species:	C. gansi
Binomial name
Cynisca gansi Dunger, 1968

Etymology

The specific name, gansi, is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans.[3]

Geographic range

C. gansi is found in Kwara State, Nigeria.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. gansi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

C. gansi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Luiselli L, Chirio L (2013). "Cynisca gansi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T203808A2771570. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203808A2771570.en. Downloaded on 24 March 2019.
2. Cynisca gansi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
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. (Cynisca gansi, p. 97).

Further reading

• Dunger GT (1968). "The lizards and snakes of Nigeria. Part 5: the amphisbaenids of Nigeria including a description of 3 new species". Nigerian Field 33 (4): 167–192. (Cynisca gansi, new species).
• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca gansi, p. 28).