Trachylepis gravenhorstii
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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. gravenhorstii
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis gravenhorstii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
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Trachylepis gravenhorstii, also known commonly as Gravenhorst's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, gravenhorstii, is in honor of German zoologist Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst.[4]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of T. gravenhorstii are rocky areas, grassland, shrubland, and forest, but is also found in coffee plantations and ylang-ylang plantations.[1]
Description
[edit]T gravenhorstii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in), and a total length (including tail) of 18 cm (7.1 in).[3]
Reproduction
[edit]T. gravenhorstii is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Raxworthy CJ (2011). "Trachylepis gravenhorstii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172867A6932248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172867A6932248.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Trachylepis gravenhorstii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ a b 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 gravenhorstii, pp. 200–201).
- ^ 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 gravenhorstii, p. 106).
Further reading
[edit]- Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Fitzinger 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis gravenhorstii, new combination).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Euprepes gravenhorstii, new species, p. 686). (in French).
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
- Vences M, Lima A, Miralles A, Glaw F (2014). "DNA barcoding assessment of genetic variation in two widespread skinks from Madagascar, Trachylepis elegans and T. gravenhorstii (Squamata: Scincidae)". Zootaxa 3755: 477–484.