Haackgreerius is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus Haackgreerius is Endemism to coastal Somalia and contains one species.
Etymology
The
Genus,
Haackgreerius, is in honor of
Herpetology and
Australians herpetologist .
[; ; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ( Haackgreerius miopus, pp. 107-108, 113).]
Geographic range
The genus
Haackgreerius is
Endemism to coastal
Somalia.
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Species
The genus
Haackgreerius is
Monotypic taxon, containing a single species,
Haackgreerius miopus.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of
H. miopus is
shrubland.
Description
The eye of
H. miopus is vestigial and is covered by an undifferentiated ocular scale. The front legs are absent, but hind legs are present. Each hind foot has only two toes.
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Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of H. miopus is unknown.[
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Further reading
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Greer AE, (1982). "A new and unusual species of Lygosoma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Horn of Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 33 (10): 153–164. ( Lygosoma miopus, new species).
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Benedetto Lanza (1983). "A List of the Somali Amphibians and Reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento 18 (1): 193–247. ( Haackgreerius, new genus, p. 210; H. miopus, new combination, p. 210). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
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Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Genus Haackgreerius, p. 423; species H. miopus, p. 423).
