Brachymeles boulengeri

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Brachymeles boulengeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Brachymeles
Species:
B. boulengeri
Binomial name
Brachymeles boulengeri
Taylor, 1922
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Synonyms [2]
  • Brachymeles boulengeri
    Taylor, 1922
  • Brachymeles gracilis boulengeri
    W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967
  • Brachymeles boulengeri
    — W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980

Boulenger's short-legged skink (Brachymeles boulengeri) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger. [3]

Geographic range

In the Philippines, B. boulengeri is found in Bohol, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Polillo, and Visayas. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. boulengeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft). [1]

Description

The holotype of B. boulengeri has a snout-to-vent length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in), and a tail length of 9 cm (3.5 in). Dorsally, it is brown; ventrally, it is yellow-brown. All four legs are small, each with five toes. [4]

Behavior

B. boulengeri is terrestrial and fossorial, living in leaf litter and under rotten logs. [1]

Reproduction

B. boulengeri is viviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gonzalez JC, Diesmos A (2009). "Brachymeles boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009 https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169752A6669355.en.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brachymeles boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 October 2020.
  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. (Brachymeles boulengeri, p. 35).
  4. Taylor EH (1922).

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