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Vesey-fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink
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Vesey-fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink

Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi

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

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In human culture

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

Wikipedia: “Etymology”

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Where it lives

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 38354.