Biology:Trachylepis ferrarai
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Trachylepis |
| Species: | T. ferrarai
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| Trachylepis ferrarai (Lanza, 1978)
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Trachylepis ferrarai, also known commonly as Ferrara's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[2][1]
Etymology
The specific name, ferrarai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Franco Ferrara, who studies isopods.[1][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. ferrarai is forest.[2]
Description
A medium-sized species for its genus, adults of T. ferrarai have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.7–7.5 cm (2.6–3.0 in).[1]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of T. ferrarai is unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Trachylepis ferrarai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedIUCN - ↑ 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 ferrarai, p. 89).
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): 1–7. (Trachylepis ferrarai, new combination).
- Lanza B (1978). "Mabuya ferrarai, a new scincoid lizard from Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 11 (12): 271–280.
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Mabuya ferrarai, pp. 424, 446).
Wikidata ☰ Q5129860 entry
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