Proscelotes eggeli

Proscelotes eggeli, also known commonly as the Usambara five-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[2]

Proscelotes eggeli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Proscelotes
Species:
P. eggeli
Binomial name
Proscelotes eggeli
(Tornier, 1902)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scelotes eggeli
    Tornier, 1902
  • Proscelotes eggeli
    — Broadley & Howell, 1991

Etymology

The specific name, eggeli, is in honor of a German army physician, "Dr. Eggel", who collected reptiles in Africa for Tornier.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. eggeli is forest.[1]

Reproduction

P. eggeli has been reported to be oviparous[1] and ovoviviparous.[2]

References
  1. Howell K, Beraduccii [sic] J, Ngalason W (2021). "Proscelotes eggeli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44978970A44978979.en. Accessed on 02 November 2022.
  2. Proscelotes eggeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 02 November 2022.
  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. (Proscelotes eggeli, p. 81).

Further reading
  • Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A Check List of the Reptiles of Tanzania, with Synoptic Keys". Syntarsus 1: 1–70. (Proscelotes eggeli, new combination, p. 14).
  • Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 700–704. (Scelotes eggeli, new species, pp. 700–701). (in German).



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