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词条 Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink
释义

  1. Geographic range

  2. Description

  3. Reproduction

  4. Etymology

  5. References

  6. Further reading

{{speciesbox
| name = Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [1]
| genus = Scelotes
| species = kasneri
| authority = V. FitzSimons, 1939
}}

Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes kasneri ), also known commonly as Kasner's burrowing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

Geographic range

Scelotes kasneri is endemic to the Western Cape coast of South Africa.[1][2]

Description

The limbs of S. kasneri are greatly reduced. The forelimbs are entirely lost, and the hind limbs retain only two digits.[2]

Reproduction

S. kasneri is viviparous.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kasneri, as well as the common names, are in honor of J.H. Kasner, collector of the type specimen.[3]

References

1. ^Bauer, A.M., Conradie, W. & Marais, J. 2018. Scelotes kasneri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T19954A115653119. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T19954A115653119.en. Downloaded on 03 January 2019.
2. ^{{NRDB species|genus=Scelotes|species=kasneri|accessdate=18 January 2015}}
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}}. (Scelotes kasneri, p. 138).

Further reading

  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Scelotes kasneri, p. 144 + Plate 48).
  • Heideman, Neil J.L.; Mulcahy, Daniel G.; Sites, Jack W. Jr.; Hendricks, Martin G.J.; Daniels, Savel R. (2011). "Cryptic diversity and morphological convergence in threatened species of fossorial skinks in the genus Scelotes (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Western Cape Coast of South Africa: Implications for species boundaries, digit reduction and conservation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (3): 823-833.
  • FitzSimons VFM (1939). "Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa". Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16. (Scelotes kasneri, new species, p. 13).
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