Paracontias fasika, Glaw, 2010

Glaw, Jörn Köhler Miguel Vences Martina Erbacher Frank, 2010, Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae), Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 10 (2), pp. 147-159 : 154

Paracontias fasika n. sp.

Etymology

The specific epithet is formed from the Malagasy word “fasika ”, meaning sand, and refers to the sand-dwelling habits of the new species occurring on sandy soils of Forêt d’ Orangea. Due to its etymological derivation, the epithet is to be retained in its original spelling under all nomenclatural circumstances.