Trachylepis bocagii

Trachylepis bocagii, also known commonly as Bocage's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Trachylepis bocagii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. bocagii
Binomial name
Trachylepis bocagii
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuia bocagii
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Mabuya bocagii
    — Hellmich, 1957
  • Euprepis bocagii
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis bocagii
    — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, bocagii, is in honor of Portuguese zoologist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.[3]

Geographic range

T. bocagii is found in Angola, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. bocagii is savanna, at altitudes of 100–1,000 m (330–3,280 ft).[1]

Reproduction

T. bocagii is viviparous.[2]

References
  1. Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N.; Conradie, W. (2020). "Trachylepis bocagii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161191713A120634441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161191713A120634441.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Trachylepis bocagii 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 bocagii, p. 28).

Further reading
  • Bauer AM (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 bocagii, new combination).
  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Mabuia bocagii, new species, pp. 203–204).
  • Hellmich W (1957). "Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in Angola ". Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 5: 1–91. (Mabuya bocagii, p. 61). (in German).



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