Trachylepis boettgeri

Trachylepis boettgeri, commonly known as Boettger's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.[2] The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Trachylepis boettgeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. boettgeri
Binomial name
Trachylepis boettgeri
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuia boettgeri
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Mabuya boettgeri
    — Angel, 1942
  • Euprepis boettgeri
    — Mausfeld & Schmitz, 2003
  • Trachylepis boettgeri
    — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

Both the specific name, boettgeri, and the common name, Boettger's mabuya, are in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. boettgeri are grassland, shrubland, and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes from 890–2,000 m (2,920–6,560 ft).[1]

Behavior

T. boettgeri is terrestrial and diurnal.[2]

References
  1. Vences, M. (2011). "Trachylepis boettgeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172902A6938695. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172902A6938695.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Trachylepis boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2016.
  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. (Mabuya boettgeri, p. 29).

Further reading
  • Angel F (1942). "Les Lézards de Madagascar ". Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive 36: 1–193. (Mabuya boettgeri, p. 109). (in French).
  • 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 boettgeri, 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 boettgeri, new species, p. 173 + Plate X, figures 3, 3a).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3. (Mabuya boettgeri, p. 312).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.


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