Biology:Hakaria

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Short description: Genus of lizards

Hakaria
Hakaria simonyi Socotra, Yémen P1180062ret.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Hakaria
Steindachner, 1899
Species:
H. simonyi
Binomial name
Hakaria simonyi
(Steindachner, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sepsina (Hakaria) simonyi
    Steindachner, 1899
  • Parachalcides socotranus
    Boulenger, 1899
  • Scelotes simonyi
    — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Hakaria simonyi
    — Rösler & Wranik, 2004

Hakaria is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Hakaria simonyi, which is endemic to Socotra.

Etymology

The specific name, simonyi, is in honor of Viennese naturalist Oskar Simony (1852–1915).[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. simonyi is shrubland, at altitudes of 10–1,463 m (33–4,800 ft).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Hakaria simonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T169717A6668461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T169717A6668461.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169717/6668461. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Species Hakaria simonyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011) The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hakaria simonyi, p. 244).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra. II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2 (1): 4–7. (Parachalcides socotranus, new species, p. 6).
  • Steindachner F (1899). "Über eine von Herrn Prof. O. Simony während der südarabischen Expedition in Sokotra entdeckte neue Sepsina-Art, die zugleich einer besonderen Subgattung (Hakaria) angehört, und charakterisirt dieselbe". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematischen-Naturwissenschaftenliche Classe 36: 161–162. ("Sepsina (Hakaria) Simonyi ", new species). (in German).


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