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Brauer's burrowing skink
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Janetaescincus
Species: J. braueri
Binomial name
Janetaescincus braueri
(Boettger, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Scelotes braueri
    Boettger, 1896
  • Janetaescincus braueri
    — Greer, 1970

Brauer's burrowing skink (Janetaescincus braueri), also known commonly as Brauer's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Seychelles.

Etymology

The specific name, braueri, is in honor of German zoologist August Bernhard Brauer.

Geographic range

J. braueri is found only in the Seychelles, where it occurs on the islands Mahé and Silhouette.

Habitat

The natural habitats of Brauer's burrowing skink are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, at altitudes of 200–800 m (660–2,620 ft).

Reproduction

J. braueri is oviparous.

Conservation status

J. braueri is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Gerlach, J.; Ineich, I. (2006). "Janetaescincus braueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61437A12484604. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61437A12484604.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Species Janetaescincus braueri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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. (Janetaescincus braueri, p. 37).

Further reading

  • Boettger O (1896). "Neue Kriechthiere (Scelotes, Arthroleptis) von den Seychellen ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 19: 349–351. (Scelotes braueri, new species, pp. 349–350).
  • Greer AE (1970). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Subsaharan Africa, Seychelles, and Mauritius Scincine Scincid Lizards". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 140 (1): 1-24. (Janetaescincus braueri, new combination, pp. 18, 22).


Taxon identifiers
Janetaescincus braueri


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