Biology:Tropidosaura essexi
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Tropidosaura essexi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Tropidosaura |
| Species: | T. essexi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidosaura essexi Hewitt, 1927
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Tropidosaura essexi, also known commonly as Essex's mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to southern Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, essexi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Robert Essex.[1]
Geographic range
T. essexi is found in Lesotho and South Africa .[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. essexi is grassland, at altitudes of 2,400–3,400 m (7,900–11,200 ft).[3]
Description
T. essexi is small for its genus. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of only 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in).[4]
Behavior
T. essexi is diurnal and terrestrial.[3]
Reproduction
T. essexi is viviparous, and is the only African lacertid known to be viviparous.[2]
References
- ↑ 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. (Tropidosaura essexi, p. 85).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropidosaura essexi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021 - ↑ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN:0-88359-042-5. (Tropidosaura essexi, p. 175 + Plate 103).
Further reading
- FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No. 1. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. xvi + 528 pp. (Tropidosaura essexi, p. 309).
- Hewitt J (1927). "Further descriptions of reptiles and batrachians from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown 3 (5): 371–415. (Tropidosaura essexi, new species, p. 378).
- Nicolau GK, Jackson EA, Jordaan A, Alexander GJ (2022). "Tropidosaura essexi Hewitt, 1927 (Reptilia: Lacertidae) is live bearing: the only viviparous African lacertid". African Journal of Herpetology 71 (2): 194–200.
Wikidata ☰ Q4794965 entry
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