Haackgreerius

Haackgreerius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Haackgreerius
Greer & Haacke, 1982
Species:
H. miopus
Binomial name
Haackgreerius miopus
(Greer & Haacke), 1982
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma miopus

Haackgreerius is a genus of skinks.

Etymology

The generic name, Haackgreerius, is in honor of South African herpetologist Wulf Dietrich Haacke and Australian herpetologist Allen E. Greer.[1]

Geographic range

The genus Haackgreerius is endemic to coastal Somalia.[2]

Species

The genus Haackgreerius is monotypic, containing a single species, Haackgreerius miopus.

References
  1. 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. (Haackgreerius miopus, pp. 107-108, 113).
  2. "Haackgreerius miopus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Greer AE, Haacke WD (1982). "A new and unusual species of Lygosoma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Horn of Africa". Ann. Transvaal Mus. 33 (10): 153–164. (Lygosoma miopus, new species).
  • Lanza B (1983). "A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles". Monitore zoologico italiano, supplement 18 (8): 193–247. (Haackgreerius, new genus, p. 210).
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