Trachylepis bocagii

Trachylepis bocagii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
	Mabuia bocagii ; Boulenger, 1887; Mabuya bocagii ; — Hellmich, 1957; Euprepis bocagii ; — Mausfeld et al., 2002; Trachylepis bocagii ; — Bauer, 2003;

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.

Etymology

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

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

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

T. bocagii is viviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Trachylepis bocagii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
^ 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).

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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