Ugly worm lizard
Species of lizard
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The ugly worm lizard (Cynisca feae) is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is native to West Africa.
| Ugly worm lizard | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Cynisca |
| Species: | C. feae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynisca feae (Boulenger, 1906) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.[3]
Geographic range
C. feae is found in The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal.[2]
Habitat
Description
C. feae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 16 cm (6.3 in) and a tail length of 1.5 cm (0.59 in). It is pale brown dorsally, and white ventrally. It has a single series of wide median ventral segments, each of which is six times wider than long.[2]
Behavior
C. feae is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
