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Ugly Worm Lizard
Cynisca feae
The ugly worm lizard (Cynisca feae) is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea.
From the article Ugly worm lizard on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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.
In human culture
The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31705.