Vesey-Fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink
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Vesey-Fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi) is a species of lizard
in the skink
family, Scincidae. It is found only in the Seychelles
. Its natural habitat
is tropical moist lowland forest
s. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species epithethon commedorates the Irish ecologist Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
in the skink
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
family, Scincidae. It is found only in the Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
. Its natural habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
is tropical moist lowland forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species epithethon commedorates the Irish ecologist Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.