Lygosoma vosmaeri

Vosmer's Writhing Skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lygosoma
Species: L. vosmaeri
Binomial name
Lygosoma vosmaeri
(Gray, 1839)
Synonyms

Hagria vosmaeri Gray, 1839[2]

Lygosoma vosmaeri (Vosmer's writhing skink) is a species of skink endemic to South Asia (India.[1][3] A second specimen was discovered in 2009 in an open scrub jungle in rocky habitat near Jaggayapet, Andhra Pradesh, some 170 years after the collection of the holotype.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Lygosoma vosmaeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. Gray, J.E. 1839 Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 2: 331-337 (287-293)
  3. and Bangladesh Lygosoma vosmaeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 January 2015.
  4. Seetharamaraju, M.; R. Sreekar; C. Srinivasulu; Bhargavi Srinivasulu; Harpreet Kaur & P. Venkateshwarlu (2009). "Rediscovery of Vosmer's Writhing Skink Lygosoma vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with a note on its taxonomy". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 1 (12): 624–626. doi:10.11609/jott.o2160.624-6.

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