Hakaria

Hakaria is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Hakaria simonyi, which is endemic to Socotra.

Hakaria
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Hakaria Steindachner, 1899
Species:	H. simonyi
Binomial name
Hakaria simonyi (Steindachner, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
Sepsina (Hakaria) simonyi Steindachner, 1899 Parachalcides socotranus Boulenger, 1899 Scelotes simonyi — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 Hakaria simonyi — Rösler & Wranik, 2004

Etymology

The specific name, simonyi, is in honor of Viennese naturalist Oskar Simony (1852–1915).[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. simonyi is shrubland, at altitudes of 10–1,463 m (33–4,800 ft).[1]

References

1. Sindaco R, Grieco C, Riservato E (2011). "Hakaria simonyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T169717A6668461. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T169717A6668461.en. Downloaded on 08 September 2018.
2. Species Hakaria simonyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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. (Hakaria simonyi, p. 244).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra. II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2 (1): 4–7. (Parachalcides socotranus, new species, p. 6).
• Steindachner F (1899). "Über eine von Herrn Prof. O. Simony während der südarabischen Expedition in Sokotra entdeckte neue Sepsina-Art, die zugleich einer besonderen Subgattung (Hakaria) angehört, und charakterisirt dieselbe". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematischen-Naturwissenschaftenliche Classe 36: 161–162. ("Sepsina (Hakaria) Simonyi ", new species). (in German).