Brauer's burrowing skink
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[2]
  • 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.[1] The species is endemic to the Seychelles.

Etymology

The specific name, braueri, is in honor of German zoologist August Bernhard Brauer.[3]

Geographic range

J. braueri is found only in the Seychelles, where it occurs on the islands Mahé and Silhouette.[1]

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).[1]

Reproduction

J. braueri is oviparous.[1]

Conservation status

J. braueri is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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).



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