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Trachylepis ferrarai

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Species of lizard

Trachylepis ferrarai
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species: T. ferrarai
Binomial name
Trachylepis ferrarai
(Lanza, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Mabuya ferrarai
    Lanza, 1978
  • Euprepis ferrarai
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis ferrarai
    — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis ferrarai, also known commonly as Ferrara's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Etymology

The specific name, ferrarai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Franco Ferrara, who studies isopods.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. ferrarai is forest.

Description

A medium-sized species for its genus, adults of T. ferrarai have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.7–7.5 cm (2.6–3.0 in).

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. ferrarai is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Mazuch, T. (2021). "Trachylepis ferrarai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22471379A22471424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471379A22471424.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ Trachylepis ferrarai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2015.
  3. 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. (Mabuya ferrarai, p. 89).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis ferrarai, new combination).
  • Lanza B (1978). "Mabuya ferrarai, a new scincoid lizard from Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 11 (12): 271–280.
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Mabuya ferrarai, pp. 424, 446).


Taxon identifiers
Trachylepis ferrarai


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