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Trachylepis brauni

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Trachylepis brauni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. brauni
Binomial name
Trachylepis brauni
(Tornier, 1902)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuia brauni
    Tornier, 1902
  • Mabuya varia brauni
    Loveridge, 1957
  • Mabuya brauni
    Meerman, 1984
  • Euprepis brauni
    Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis brauni
    Bauer, 2003
  • Mabiua hildae
    Loveridge, 1953
  • Mabuya brauni hildae
    Broadley, 1977
  • Mabuya hildae
    — Welch, 1982
  • Euprepis hildae
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Trachylepis brauni, also known commonly as Braun's mabuya and the Ukinga montane skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania and Malawi.[1][2]

Etymology

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The specific name, brauni, is in honor of German zoologist Rudolf H. Braun (born 1908).[3]

Geographic range

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T. brauni is found in the Southern Highlands in Tanzania and in the Nyika Plateau in Malawi.[1][2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of T. brauni are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of 2,100–2,800 m (6,900–9,200 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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T. brauni is viviparous.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Pietersen, D.; Verburgt, L.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2020). "Trachylepis brauni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44979420A44979444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979420A44979444.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Trachylepis brauni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 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. (Trachylepis brauni, p. 37).
  4. ^ Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Branch, William R.; Colston, Timothy J.; Jackman, Todd R.; Kuhn, Arianna; Conradie, Werner; Bauer, Aaron M. (2019). "A species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis (Scincidae: Mabuyinae) provides insight into their reproductive mode evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 183–195. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.002. PMID 30965125.

Further reading

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  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Trachylepis brauni, p. 136).
  • Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 15: 578–590. (Mabuia brauni, new species, pp. 585–586). (in German).