Mochlus tanae

Mochlus tanae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Lygosomidae
Genus:	Mochlus
Species:	M. tanae
Binomial name
Mochlus tanae (Loveridge, 1935)
Synonyms [2]
Riopa tanae Loveridge, 1935 Lygosoma tanae — Lanza, 1990 Mochlus tanae — Spawls et al., 2018

Mochlus tanae, also known commonly as Loveridge's writhing skink or the Tana River writhing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, tanae refers to the Tana River of Kenya. ^[3]

Geographic range

M. tanae is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. ^[2]

Reproduction

M. tanae is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Malonza, P.; Msuya, C.A.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Mochlus tanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T14669350A14669392. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T14669350A14669392.en . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
2. Mochlus tanae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 7 April 2020.
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. (Lygosoma tanae, p. 260).

Further reading

• Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and Reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia14: 407–465. (Lygosoma tanae, new combination).
• Loveridge A (1935). "Scientific Results of an Expedition to Rain Forest Regions in Eastern Africa. I. New Reptiles and Amphibians from East Africa". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College79 (1): 1–19. (Riopa tanae, new species, pp. 11–12).
• Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN   978-1472935618. (Mochlus tanae, new combination, p. 155).