Haackgreerius

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Haackgreerius
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Haackgreerius

Lanza, 1983[1]

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Haackgreerius is a genus of skinks.

Etymology

The generic name, Haackgreerius, is in honor of South African herpetologist Wulf Dietrich Haacke and Australian herpetologist Allen E. Greer.[2]

Geographic range

The genus Haackgreerius is endemic to Somalia.[1]

Species

The genus Haackgreerius is monotypic, containing a single species.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Haackgreerius miopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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. (Haackgreerius miopus, pp. 107-108, 113).

Further reading

  • Greer AE, Haacke WD. 1982. A new and unusual species of Lygosoma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Horn of Africa. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 33 (10): 153-164. (Lygosoma miopus, new species).
  • Lanza B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. Monitore zoologico italiano, supplement 18 (8): 193-247. (Haackgreerius, new genus, p. 210).


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