Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard
| Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Ancylocranium |
| Species: | A. ionidesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancylocranium ionidesi Loveridge, 1955
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The Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard (Ancylocranium ionidesi) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.[2]
Etymology[]
The specific name, ionidesi, is in honor of British game warden Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901–1968), who was known as the "Snake Man of British East Africa"..[3]
References[]
- ^ Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2014). "Ancylocranium ionidesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T20878073A20878077. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T20878073A20878077.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Ancylocranium ionidesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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. (Ancylcranium ionidesi, p. 130).
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Ancylocranium
- Reptiles described in 1955
- Endemic fauna of Tanzania
- Reptiles of Tanzania
- Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge
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