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Trachylepis rodenburgi

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Species of lizard

Trachylepis rodenburgi
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: Trachylepis
Species: T. rodenburgi
Binomial name
Trachylepis rodenburgi
(Hoogmoed, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Mabuya rodenburgi
    Hoogmoed, 1974
  • Euprepis rodenburgi
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis rodenburgi
    — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis rodenburgi, also known commonly as Rodenburg's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, rodenburgi, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, Willem F. Rodenburg.

Geographic range

T. rodenburgi is found in Ghana and Nigeria.

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. rodenburgi is rocky areas.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. rodenburgi is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Chirio L, Luiselli L (2018). "Trachylepis rodenburgi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T13155343A13155352. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T13155343A13155352.en. Downloaded 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ Trachylepis rodenburgi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 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 rodenburgi, p. 224).

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: 1–7. (Trachylepis rodenburgi, new combination).
  • Hoogmoed MS (1974). "Ghanese lizards of the genus Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria, Reptilia)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 138: 1-62. (Mabuya rodenburgi, new species, pp. 51–57, Figure 14).
  • Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
Taxon identifiers
Trachylepis rodenburgi


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