Mochlus hinkeli

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Mochlus hinkeli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Mochlus
Species:
M. hinkeli
Binomial name
Mochlus hinkeli
Synonyms [1] [2]

Lepidothyris hinkeliWagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz, 2009 [3]

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Mochlus hinkeli, also known commonly as Hinkel's red-flanked skink and Hinkel's red-sided skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. [1] [2] The species is native to eastern Central Africa and East Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, hinkeli, is in honor of German herpetologist Harald Hinkel. [4]

Geographic range

M. hinkeli is found in northern Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. [1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. hinkeli is forest. [1]

Description

M. hinkeli measures 76–146 mm (3.0–5.7 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL). [3]

Behavior

M. hinkeli is terrestrial and diurnal. [1]

Reproduction

M. hinkeli is oviparous. [2] Clutch size may be as many as 12 eggs. [1]

Subspecies

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Mochlus hinkeli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T13152776A13152778. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13152776A13152778.en . Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mochlus hinkeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Wagner, P.; Böhme, W.; Pauwels, O.S.G.; Schmitz, A. (2009). "A review of the African red-flanked skinks of the Lygosoma fernandi (BURTON, 1836) species group (Squamata: Scincidae) and the role of climate change in their speciation". Zootaxa. 2050 (1): 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2050.1.1. (Lepidothyris hinkeli, new species).
  4. 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. (Lepidothyris hinkeli, p. 124).

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