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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: Guinea Bissau, Gambia
Type locality: Cassine River District, Portuguese Guinea.

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Ugly worm 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.

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

The preferred natural habitat of C. feae is forest.^[1]

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]

Reproduction

C. feae is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Jallow, M.; Pauwels, O.S.G. (2013). "Cynisca feae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T176237A17201413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T176237A17201413.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cynisca feae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
^ 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 feae, p. 88).

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