Trachylepis gravenhorstii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. gravenhorstii
Binomial name
Trachylepis gravenhorstii
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Euprepes gravenhorstii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Mabuia gravenhorstii
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Mabuya gravenhorstii
    — Angel, 1942
  • Euprepis gravenhorstii
    — Mausfeld & Schmitz, 2003
  • Trachylepis gravenhorstii
    — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis gravenhorstii, also known commonly as Gravenhorst's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gravenhorstii, is in honor of German zoologist Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. gravenhorstii are rocky areas, grassland, shrubland, and forest, but is also found in coffee plantations and ylang-ylang plantations.[1]

Description

T gravenhorstii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in), and a total length (including tail) of 18 cm (7.1 in).[3]

Reproduction

T. gravenhorstii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Raxworthy CJ (2011). "Trachylepis gravenhorstii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172867A6932248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172867A6932248.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Trachylepis gravenhorstii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Mabuia gravenhorstii, pp. 200–201).
  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. (Mabuya gravenhorstii, p. 106).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Fitzinger 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis gravenhorstii, new combination).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Euprepes gravenhorstii, new species, p. 686). (in French).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
  • Vences M, Lima A, Miralles A, Glaw F (2014). "DNA barcoding assessment of genetic variation in two widespread skinks from Madagascar, Trachylepis elegans and T. gravenhorstii (Squamata: Scincidae)". Zootaxa 3755: 477–484.


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