Hakaria

Genus of lizards

Hakaria

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific 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]

* Sepsina (Hakaria) simonyi
Steindachner, 1899
* Parachalcides socotranus
Boulenger, 1899
* Scelotes simonyi
— Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
* Hakaria simonyi
— Rösler & Wranik, 2004

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).

Taxon identifiers

Hakaria simonyi|

* Wikidata: Q2488775
* Wikispecies: Hakaria simonyi
* ADW: Hakaria
* CoL: 3J9W8
* EoL: 11010724
* GBIF: 2464172
* iNaturalist: 38376
* IRMNG: 10686712
* IUCN: 169717
* NCBI: 245674
* Open Tree of Life: 437590
* RD: simonyi
* uBio: 4184841

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