Trachylepis buettneri

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Trachylepis buettneri

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. buettneri
Binomial name
Trachylepis buettneri
(Matschie, 1893)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuya büttneri
    Matschie, 1893
  • Mabuya viancini
    Mocquard, 1895
  • Mabuya sudanensis
    Schmidt, 1919
  • Mabuya buettneri
    — Hoogmoed, 1974
  • Euprepis buettneri
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis buettneri
    — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis buettneri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa and West Africa.

Etymology[]

The specific name, buettneri, is in honor of German botanist Oskar Alexander Richard Büttner.[3]

Geographic range[]

T. buettneri is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of T. buettneri is savanna.[1]

Description[]

T. buettneri has a very long tail. The tail length may be four times the snout-to-vent length (SVL).[2]

Reproduction[]

T. buettneri is oviparous.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rödel M-O, Segniagbeto G, Trape J-F (2021). "Trachylepis buettneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13155273A13155280.en. Accessed on 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Trachylepis buettneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ 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 buettneri, p. 45).
  4. ^ Barbault R (1976). "Population Dynamics and Reproductive Patterns of Three African Skinks". Copeia 1976 (3): 483–490. (Mabuya buettneri).

Further reading[]

  • Matschie P (1893). "Einige anscheinend neue Reptilien und Amphibien aus West-Afrika". Sitzungs-berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1893: 170–175. (Mabuya büttneri, new species, pp. 170–171). (in German).
  • Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude; Trape, Jean-François; Afiademanyo, Komlan M.; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Ohler, Annemarie; Dubois, Alain; David, Patrick; Meirte, Danny; Glitho, Isabelle Adolé; Petrozzi, Fabio; Luiselli, Luca (2015). "Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation". Zoosystema 37 (2): 381–402.
  • Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).



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