Trachylepis bayonii
Trachylepis bayonii, also known commonly as Bayão’s skink, Bayon's mabuya, and Bayon’s skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Africa. There are two subspecies.
Trachylepis bayonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Trachylepis |
Species: | T. bayonii |
Binomial name | |
Trachylepis bayonii (Bocage, 1872) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
The specific name, bayonii, is in honor of Francisco Antonio Pinheiro Bayão, who was a Portuguese planter in Angola.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of T. bayonii are grassland and shrubland, at altitudes of 2,000–3,200 m (6,600–10,500 ft).[1]
Reproduction
T. bayonii is viviparous.[2]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachylepis.
References
- Menegon M, Spawls S (2011). "Trachylepis bayonii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T178606A7579955. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T178606A7579955.en. Downloaded on 20 April 2020.
- Trachylepis bayonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 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. (Trachylepis bayonii, p. 20).
Further reading
- Bocage JV (1872). "Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de Reptiles d'Afrique occidentale ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real de Sciencias de Lisboa 4: 72–82. (Euprepes bayonii, new species, p. 75). (in French).
- 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 bayonii, new combination, p. 201).
- Laurent RF (1964). "Reptiles et batraciens de l'Angola (troisième note) ". Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais, Museu do Dundo (Angola) (67): 165. (Mabuya bayonii huilensis, new subspecies). (in French).
- Loveridge A (1956). "A New Subgenus of Chamaeleo from Rhodesia and a New Race of Mabuya from Kenya Colony". Breviora (59): 1–4. (Mabuya bayonii keniensis, new subspecies, pp. 2–4).
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