Trachylepis brauni

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Trachylepis brauni

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. brauni
Binomial name
Trachylepis brauni
(Tornier, 1902)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuia brauni
    Tornier, 1902
  • Mabuya varia brauni
    — Loveridge, 1957
  • Mabuya brauni
    — , 1984
  • Euprepis brauni
    — et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis brauni
    — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis brauni, also known commonly as Braun's mabuya and the Ukinga montane skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.

Etymology[]

The specific name, brauni, is in honor of German zoologist (born 1908).[3]

Geographic range[]

T. brauni is found in southwestern Tanzania.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of T. brauni are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of 2,100–2,800 m (6,900–9,200 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

T. brauni is viviparous.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Pietersen, D.; Verburgt, L.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2020). "Trachylepis brauni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44979420A44979444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979420A44979444.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Trachylepis brauni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachylepis brauni, p. 37).
  4. ^ , Branch WR, , , , , Bauer AM (2019). "A species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis (Scincidae: Mabuyinae) provides insight into their reproductive mode evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 136: 183–195.

Further reading[]

  • , , , (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Trachylepis brauni, p. 136).
  • Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 15: 578–590. (Mabuia brauni, new species, pp. 585–586). (in German).



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