Cophoscincopus greeri

Cophoscincopus greeri is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in western Africa.[1][2]

Cophoscincopus greeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cophoscincopus
Species:
C. greeri
Binomial name
Cophoscincopus greeri
Böhme, Schmitz, & Ziegler, 2000

Etymology

The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer.[3]

References

  1. Penner, J., Branch, W.R., Rödel , M.-O., Trape, J. & Chirio, L. 2013. Cophoscincopus greeri . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152672A13152675. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152672A13152675.en. Downloaded on 16 February 2020.
  2. Cophoscincopus greeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  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. (Cophoscincopus greeri, p. 108).
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