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Hakaria

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Hakaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Hakaria
Steindachner, 1899
Species:
H. simonyi
Binomial name
Hakaria simonyi
(Steindachner, 1899)
Synonyms[2]

Hakaria is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Hakaria simonyi, which is endemic to Socotra.

Etymology

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The specific name, simonyi, is in honor of Viennese naturalist Oskar Simony (1852–1915).[3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of H. simonyi is shrubland, at altitudes of 10–1,463 m (33–4,800 ft).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Hakaria simonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T169717A6668461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T169717A6668461.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Hakaria simonyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011) The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hakaria simonyi, p. 244).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1899). "The Expedition to Sokotra. II. Descriptions of the New Species of Reptiles". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2 (1): 4–7. (Parachalcides socotranus, new species, p. 6).
  • Steindachner F (1899). "Über eine von Herrn Prof. O. Simony während der südarabischen Expedition in Sokotra entdeckte neue Sepsina-Art, die zugleich einer besonderen Subgattung (Hakaria) angehört, und charakterisirt dieselbe". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematischen-Naturwissenschaftenliche Classe 36: 161–162. ("Sepsina (Hakaria) Simonyi ", new species). (in German).



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