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Trachylepis hildebrandtii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. hildebrandtii
Binomial name
Trachylepis hildebrandtii (W. Peters, 1874)
Synonyms
Euprepes hildebrandtii W. Peters, 1874 Mabuia hildebrandtii — Boulenger, 1892 Mabuya hidebrandtii — Parker, 1942 Euprepis hidebrandtii — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis hildebrandtii — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis hildebrandtii, also known commonly as Hildebrandt's mabuya and Hildebrandt’s skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

T. hidebrandtii is named after Johann Maria Hildebrandt, who was a German botanist and explorer.

Geographic range

T. hildebrandtii is found in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. hildebrndtii are savanna and shrubland.

Behavior

T. hildebrandtii is terrestrial.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. hildebrandtii is unknown.

References

1. ^ Mazuch, T. (2021). "Trachylepis hildebrandtii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22471480A22471680. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471480A22471680.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
2. ^ Trachylepis hildebrandtii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 October 2020.
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 hildebrandtii, p. 123).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1892). "On some Reptiles collected by Sig. L. Bricchetti Robecchi in Somaliland". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 12: 5–15 + Plate I. (Mabuia hildebrandtii, new combination, p. 12).
• Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
• Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptile of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale.694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Mabuya hildebrandtii, p. 390).
• Peters W (1874). "Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus)". Monatsberichte der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 368–377. (Euprepes hidebrandtii, new species, pp. 372–373 + Figures 4, 4a, 4b on p. 377). (in German).

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