Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink explained

Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Seychelles.^[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet, veseyfitzgeraldi, commemorates the Irish ecologist Leslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.^[2]

Geographic range

J. veseyfitzgeraldi is found only in the Seychelles.^[1]

Habitat

The natural habitat of J. veseyfitzgeraldi is tropical moist lowland forests.^[1]

Conservation status

J. veseyfitzgeraldi is threatened by habitat loss.

Further reading

• Greer AE (1970). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Subsaharan Africa, Seychelles, and Mauritius Scincine Scincid Lizards". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 140 (1): 1–23. (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi, new combination, p. 18).
• Henkel F-W, Schmidt W (2000). Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar and the Mascarene, Seychelles, and Comoro Islands. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 316 pp. . (Scelotes veseyfitzgeraldi).
• Parker HW (1947). In: Vesey-Fitzgerald D (1947). "Reptiles and Amphibians from the Seychelles Archipelago". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 14: 577–584. (Amphiglossus veseyfitzgeraldi, new species).

Notes and References

1. Gerlach, J. . Ineich, I. . 2006 . Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi . 2006 . e.T61438A12484713 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61438A12484713.en . 18 November 2021.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi, p. 275).