Biology:Trachylepis hemmingi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Trachylepis hemmingi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. hemmingi
Binomial name
Trachylepis hemmingi
(Gans, Laurent, & Pandit, 1965)
Synonyms[3]
  • Mabuya hemmingi
    Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965[2]
  • Euprepis hemmingi
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis hemmingi
    Bauer [fr], 2003

Trachylepis hemmingi, also known commonly as the Somali mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][3]

Etymology

The specific name, hemmingi, is in honor of English entomologist Christopher Francis Hemming, who collected the holotype.[4]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. hemmingi is unknown.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mazuch, T. (2021). "Trachylepis hemmingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22471446A22471470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471446A22471470.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22471446/22471470. Retrieved 23 March 2022. 
  2. Gans, C; Laurent, RF; Pandit, Hemchandra (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic". Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Série in Octavo, Science Zoologique 134: 1–93. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.33/24n.676.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/notes_herp_somali_republic_part1.pdf.  (Mabuya hemmingi, new species, p. 33)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trachylepis hemmingi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 November 2020.
  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. (Trachylepis hemmingi, p. 120).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM [fr] (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 hemmingi, new combination).
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.

Wikidata ☰ Q5125993 entry