Hyalosaurus koellikeri

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha
Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Hyalosaurus
Species: Hyalosaurus koellikeri
Name

Hyalosaurus koellikeri Günther, 1873: 351

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29.50.
Type locality: “North Africa”.

References
Primary references

Günther, A. 1873. Description of a new Saurian (Hyalosaurus) allied to Pseudopus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4 11: 351. BHL

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Hyalosaurus koellikeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 September 2020.
Ineich, I., Crochet, P-A. & Geniez, P. 2010. IUCN: Hyalosaurus koellikeri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T61511A7206046. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T61511A7206046.en

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Marokko-schleiche
English: Koelliker's Glass Lizard

Koelliker's glass lizard (Hyalosaurus koellikeri), also called commonly the Moroccan glass lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae.[1] The species is native to western North Africa.

8 Further reading

Etymology

The specific name, koellikeri, is in honor of Swiss histologist Albert von Kölliker.[3]
Geographic range

H. koellikeri is found in Algeria and Morocco.[1]
Habitat

The natural habitats of Koelliker's glass lizard are temperate forests, shrubland, temperate grassland, and pastureland, at altitudes up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[1]
Description

H. koellikeri has no fore limbs, but does have rudimentary hind limbs. Dorsally, it is brownish, with a darker lateral band. Ventrally, it is yellowish.[4]
Reproduction

H. koellikeri is oviparous.[2]
Conservation status

H. koellikeri is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References

Ineich, I.; Crochet, P-A.; Geniez, P. (2010). "Hyalosaurus koellikeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T61511A7206046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T61511A7206046.en. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
Species Hyalosaurus koellikeri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ophisaurus koellikeri, p. 144).

Boulenger (1885).

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Anguidae ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Ophisaurus koellokeri, new combination, p. 283 + Plate XV, figures 2, 2a, 2b).
Escoriza D, Comas MM (2011). "Nova cita de Hyalosaurus koellikeri (Squamata: Anguidae) a la regió de Debdou (Nord-est de Marroc)". Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d'Herpetologia 19: 122–124, Figures 1–2. (in Catalan, with an abstract in English).
Günther A (1873). "Description of a new Saurian (Hyalosaurus) allied to Pseudopus ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 11: 351. ("Hyalosaurus Kœllikeri ", new species).
Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. (Hyalosaurus koellikeri ).