Trachylepis ferrarai
| Trachylepis ferrarai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Trachylepis |
| Species: | T. ferrarai
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis ferrarai (Lanza, 1978)
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Trachylepis ferrarai, also known commonly as Ferrara's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, ferrarai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Franco Ferrara, who studies isopods.[2][3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of T. ferrarai is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]A medium-sized species for its genus, adults of T. ferrarai have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.7–7.5 cm (2.6–3.0 in).[2]
Reproduction
[edit]The mode of reproduction of T. ferrarai is unknown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mazuch, T. (2021). "Trachylepis ferrarai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22471379A22471424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471379A22471424.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Trachylepis ferrarai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 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. (Mabuya ferrarai, p. 89).
Further reading
[edit]- 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 ferrarai, new combination).
- Lanza B (1978). "Mabuya ferrarai, a new scincoid lizard from Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 11 (12): 271–280.
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Mabuya ferrarai, pp. 424, 446).