Trachylepis boulengeri

Trachylepis boulengeri, also known commonly as Boulenger's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to southeastern Africa.

Trachylepis boulengeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. boulengeri
Binomial name
Trachylepis boulengeri
(Sternfeld, 1911)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuia boulengeri
    Sternfeld, 1911
  • Mabuya maculilabris boulengeri
    — Loveridge, 1953
  • Mabuya boulengeri
    — Broadley, 1974
  • Euprepis boulengeri
    — Mausfeld et al., 2000
  • Trachylepis boulengeri
    — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Geographic range

T. boulengeri is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. boulengeri are shrubland and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1]

Behavior

T. boulengeri is diurnal, and it is both arboreal and terrestrial.[1]

Diet

T. boulengeri preys upon insects and spiders.[1]

Reproduction

T. boulengeri is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Wagner, P.; Branch, W.R.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Trachylepis boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44979405A44979414. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T44979405A44979414.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Trachylepis boulengeri 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. (Mabuya boulengeri, p. 34).

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 boulengeri, new combination).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Trachylepis boulengeri, p. 135).
  • Sternfeld R (1911). "Zur Reptilienfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 244–251. (Mabuia boulengeri, new species, pp. 248–249). (in German).



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