Wright's skink

Wright's skink (Trachylepis wrightii), also known commonly as Wright's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Seychelles. There are two recognized subspecies.

Wright's skink
Trachylepis wrightii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. wrightii
Binomial name
Trachylepis wrightii (Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms[2]
Mabuia wrightii Boulenger, 1887 Mabuya wrightii — Rendahl, 1939 Trachylepis wrightii — Hedges, 2012

Etymology

The specific name, wrightii, is in honor of Irish naturalist Edward Perceval Wright.[3]

Geographic range

T. wrightii is found only in Seychelles.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of T. wrightii are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]

Description

Large and heavy-bodied for its genus, T. wrightii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 14 cm (5.5 in).[2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. wrightii is unknown.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

• Trachylepis wrightii ilotensis (Rendahl, 1939)
• Trachylepis wrightii wrightii (Boulenger, 1887)

References

1. Gerlach J, Ineich I (2006). "Trachylepis wrightii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61441A12485081. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61441A12485081.en. Downloaded on 19 January 2021.
2. Species Trachylepis wrightii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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 wrightii, p. 290).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III ... Scincidae ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. ("Mabuia [sic] wrightii ", new species, p. 162 + Plate VIII).
• Pawlowski S (2015). "Im Habitat des Wright Skinks Trachylepis wrightii (BOULENGER, 1887) auf Cousin ". Sauria 37 (1): 16–19. (in German).
• Rendahl H (1939). "Zur Herpetologie der Seychellen. 1. Reptilien ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 72: 255–328. (Mabuya wrightii ilotensis, new subspecies, p. 294). (in German).