Cynisca rouxae

Cynisca rouxae is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Ivory Coast.[2]

Cynisca rouxae
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca
Species:	C. rouxae
Binomial name
Cynisca rouxae Hahn, 1979

Etymology

The specific name, rouxae (genitive, feminine, singular), is in honor of French herpetologist Mme. Rolande Roux-Estève.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of C. rouxae are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

C. rouxae is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Rödel M-O, Chirio L (2013). "Cynisca rouxae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T203818A2771633. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203818A2771633.en. Downloaded on 25 March 2019.
2. Cynisca rouxae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
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. (Cynisca rouxae, p. 228).

Further reading

• Brygoo E-R (1990). "Les types d'Amphisbaenidés, Pygopodidés, Xantusiidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle – Catalogue critique". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Ser. 4) A (3-4), suppl.: 3–8. (in French).
• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Cynisca rouxae, p. 29).
• Hahn DE (1979). "A new species of Cynisca (Amphisbaenidae) from the Ivory Coast" Copeia 1979 (1): 122–125. (Cynisca rouxae, new species).
• Rödel M-O, Grabow K (1996). "Zur Kenntnis von Cynisca rouxae Hahn, 1979 (Contributions to the knowledge of Cynisca rouxae Hahn, 1979)". Salamandra 32 (1): 13–22. (in German, with an abstract in English).