Biology:Feylinia currori
| Feylinia currori | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Feylinia |
| Species: | F. currori
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| Binomial name | |
| Feylinia currori Gray, 1845
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Feylinia currori, also known commonly as Curror's skink, the western forest feylinia, and the western forest limbless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to Central Africa.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, currori, is in honor of J. Curror of the Royal Navy, who presented the holotype to John Edward Gray.[3]
Geographic range
F. currori is found in northern Angola (including Cabinda Province), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania.[2][4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of F. currori are forest and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1]
Description
F. currori may attain a total length of 31 cm (12 in), including a tail of 10.5 cm (4.1 in).[5]
Diet
F. currori predominately preys upon termites.[1]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of F. currori is uncertain. It has reported to be oviparous[1] and viviparous.[2]
Taxonomy
F. currori is the type species of the genus Feylinia.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wagner P, Beraducci J, Msuya CA, Howell K, Ngalason W, LeBreton M (2021). "Feylinia currori ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13152706A13152711.en. Accessed on 11 May 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Feylinia currori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2021.
- ↑ 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. (Feylinia currori, p. 63).
- ↑ Marques, M.P.; Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Blackburn, D.C.; Bauer, A.M. (2018). "Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola. Atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840–2017)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series 65 (Suppl. II): 1–501. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/PCAS%20v65%20Suppl%20II%2028Dept18%20Angola%20(CAS%20web).pdf.
- ↑ Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Felinia currori, pp. 431–432).
Further reading
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Feylinia currori, new species, p. 129).
- Jackson K (2002). "Unusual colour variation in the legless skink, Feylinia currori (Scincidae: Feylininae)". African Herp News (35): 5–7.
- Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN:978-2709917261. (in French).
- Wagner P, Schmitz A (2006). "Feylinia currori Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Scincidae): new distribution records from Kenya". Salamandra 42 (2–3): 183–186.
Wikidata ☰ Q1893579 entry
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