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(Redirected from Lepidothyris hinkeli) Species of lizard

Mochlus hinkeli
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Mochlus
Species: M. hinkeli
Binomial name
Mochlus hinkeli
(Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz, 2009)
Synonyms

Lepidothyris hinkeli Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz, 2009

Mochlus hinkeli, also known commonly as Hinkel's red-flanked skink and Hinkel's red-sided skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to eastern Central Africa and East Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, hinkeli, is in honor of German herpetologist Harald Hinkel.

Geographic range

M. hinkeli is found in northern Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. hinkeli is forest.

Description

M. hinkeli measures 76–146 mm (3.0–5.7 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).

Behavior

M. hinkeli is terrestrial and diurnal.

Reproduction

M. hinkeli is oviparous. Clutch size may be as many as 12 eggs.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Mochlus hinkeli hinkeli (Wagner et al., 2009)
  • Mochlus hinkeli joei (Wagner et al., 2009)

References

  1. ^ Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Mochlus hinkeli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13152776A13152778. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13152776A13152778.en. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. ^ Wagner, P.; Böhme, W.; Pauwels, O.S.G.; Schmitz, A. (2009). "A review of the African red-flanked skinks of the Lygosoma fernandi (BURTON, 1836) species group (Squamata: Scincidae) and the role of climate change in their speciation". Zootaxa. 2050 (1): 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2050.1.1. (Lepidothyris hinkeli, new species).
  3. ^ Mochlus hinkeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 March 2022.
  4. 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. (Lepidothyris hinkeli, p. 124).

Further reading

  • Böhme W, Fischer E, Hinkel H (2023). "Reptilien aus dem Irangi Forest, Provinz Kivu-Süd, Demokratische Republik Kongo". Sauria, Berlin 45 (4): 29–43. (in German).
  • Freitas ES, Datta-Roy A, Karanth P, Grismer LL, Siler CD (2019). "Multlocus phylogenyand a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1067–1096. (Mochlus hinkeli, new combination).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.


Taxon identifiers
Mochlus hinkeli
Lepidothyris hinkeli


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