Cynisca (lizard)

Cynisca is a genus in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as worm lizards. 20 species are placed in this genus, all of them native to West Africa.

Cynisca
Worm Lizard
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Amphisbaenia
Family:	Amphisbaenidae
Genus:	Cynisca A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Species
see text

Species

• Cynisca bifrontalis (Boulenger, 1906) - French Congo worm lizard
• Cynisca chirioi J.-F. Trape, Mané & Baldé, 2014
• Cynisca degrysi (Loveridge, 1941) - Sierra Leone worm lizard
• Cynisca feae (Boulenger, 1906) - ugly worm lizard
• Cynisca gansi Dunger, 1968
• Cynisca haugi (Mocquard, 1904) - Haug's worm lizard
• Cynisca ivoirensis Trape & Mané, 2014
• Cynisca kigomensis Dunger, 1968
• Cynisca kraussi (W. Peters, 1878) - Ghana worm lizard
• Cynisca leonina (F. Müller, 1885) - Los Archipelago worm lizard
• Cynisca leucura (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) - coast worm lizard
• Cynisca liberiensis (Boulenger, 1878) - Liberia worm lizard
• Cynisca manei J.-F. Trape, 2014
• Cynisca muelleri (Strauch, 1881)
• Cynisca nigeriensis Dunger, 1968
• Cynisca oligopholis (Boulenger, 1906) - Cassine River worm lizard
• Cynisca rouxae Hahn, 1979
• Cynisca schaeferi (Sternfeld, 1912) - Cameroon worm lizard
• Cynisca senegalensis Gans, 1987
• Cynisca williamsi Gans, 1987

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cynisca.

References

• "Cynisca ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. (289): 1–130.