Loveridgea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
Genus: | Loveridgea Vanzolini, 1951 |
Species | |
Two, see text. |
Loveridgea is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae. Species in the genus are commonly known as worm lizards, even though they are not lizards. Two species are placed in this genus.[1]
The generic name, Loveridgea, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[2]
The specific name, ionidesii, is in honor of British game warden Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901–1968), who was known as the "Snake Man of British East Africa".[3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Loveridgea.