Biology:Mochlus hinkeli

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Short description: Species of lizard

Mochlus hinkeli
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Mochlus
Species:
M. hinkeli
Binomial name
Mochlus hinkeli
Synonyms[1][3]

Lepidothyris hinkeli Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz, 2009[2]

Mochlus hinkeli, also known as Hinkel's red-sided skink or Hinkel's red-flanked skink, is a species of skink.[1][3] It is found in eastern Central Africa and East Africa, in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, and northern Angola and Zambia.[1]

Mochlus hinkeli measure 76–146 mm (3.0–5.7 in) in snout–vent length.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies:[3]

  • Mochlus hinkeli hinkeli (Wagner et al., 2009)
  • Mochlus hinkeli joei (Wagner et al., 2009)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Mochlus hinkeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13152776A13152778. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13152776A13152778.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13152776/13152778. Retrieved 26 March 2022. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wagner, P; Böhme, W; Pauwels, OSG; Schmitz, A (2009). "A review of the African red-flanked skinks of the Lygosoma fernandi (BURTON, 1836) species group (Squamata: Scincidae) and the role of climate change in their speciation". Zootaxa 2050 (1): 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2050.1.1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mochlus hinkeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 March 2022.

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