Feylinia boulengeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Feylinia |
Species: | F. boulengeri
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Binomial name | |
Feylinia boulengeri Chabanaud, 1917
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Synonyms[2] | |
Feylinia boulengeri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.[2] The species is native to Central Africa.
F. boulengeri, like all species in the genus Feylinia, has no legs, and has reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin.[3]
The preferred natural habitat of F. boulengeri is forest, at an altitude of 20 m (66 ft).[1]
F. boulengeri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
The mode of reproduction of F. boulengeri is unknown.[2]
The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[4]