Hakaria simonyi

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Hakaria
Species: Hakaria simonyi
Name

Hakaria simonyi (Steindachner, 1899)
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hakaria simonyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 June 2022.
Sindaco, R., Grieco, C. & Riservato, E. 2011. IUCN: Hakaria simonyi (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T169717A6668461. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T169717A6668461.en. Accessed on 27 June 2022.

Vernacular names
English: Socotra Skink

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

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

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

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.
Species Hakaria simonyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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

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).