Trachylepis hildebrandtii

Trachylepis hildebrandtii, also known commonly as Hildebrandt's mabuya and Hildebrandt’s skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to the Horn of Africa.

Trachylepis hildebrandtii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. hildebrandtii
Binomial name
Trachylepis hildebrandtii
(W. Peters, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euprepes hildebrandtii
    W. Peters, 1874
  • Mabuia hildebrandtii
    — Boulenger, 1892
  • Mabuya hidebrandtii
    — Parker, 1942
  • Euprepis hidebrandtii
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis hildebrandtii
    — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

T. hidebrandtii is named after Johann Maria Hildebrandt, who was a German botanist and explorer.[2]

Geographic range

T. hildebrandtii is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. hildebrandtii is unknown.[1]

References
  1. Trachylepis hildebrandtii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 October 2020.
  2. 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 hildebrandtii, p. 123).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1892). "On some Reptiles collected by Sig. L. Bricchetti Robecchi [sic] in Somaliland". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 12: 5–15 + Plate I. (Mabuia hildebrandtii, new combination, p. 12).
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
  • Peters W (1874). "Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus)". Monatsberichte der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 368–377. (Euprepes hidebrandtii, new species, pp. 372–373 + Figures 4, 4a, 4b on p. 377). (in German).


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