Trachylepis bocagii

Trachylepis bocagii, also known commonly as Bocage's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Trachylepis bocagii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. bocagii
Binomial name
Trachylepis bocagii (Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms[2]
Mabuia bocagii Boulenger, 1887 Mabuya bocagii — Hellmich, 1957 Euprepis bocagii — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis bocagii — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

Reproduction

T. bocagii is viviparous.[2]

References

1. Menegon M, Spawls S (2010). "Trachylepis bocagii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178277A7512551. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178277A7512551.en. Downloaded on 20 April 2020.
2. Trachylepis bocagii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachylepis bocagii, p. 28).

Further reading

• 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).