Trachylepis boettgeri

Trachylepis boettgeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. boettgeri
Binomial name
Trachylepis boettgeri (Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms [2]
Mabuia boettgeri Boulenger, 1887 Mabuya boettgeri — Angel, 1942 Euprepis boettgeri — Mausfeld & Schmitz, 2003 Trachylepis boettgeri — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis boettgeri, commonly known as Boettger's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Madagascar. ^[2]

Etymology

Both the specific name, boettgeri, and the common name, Boettger's mabuya, are in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. boettgeri are grassland, shrubland, and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes from 890–2,000 m (2,920–6,560 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

T. boettgeri is terrestrial and diurnal. ^[2]

Reproduction

T. boettgeri is oviparous.

References

1. Vences, M. (2011). "Trachylepis boettgeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T172902A6938695. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172902A6938695.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Trachylepis boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 17 December 2016.
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. (Mabuya boettgeri, p. 29).

Further reading

• Angel F (1942). "Les Lézards de Madagascar ". Mémoires de l'Acadadémie Malagache, Tananarive36: 1–193. (Mabuya boettgeri, p. 109). (in French).
• Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus, 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler, 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis boettgeri, new combination).
• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Mabuia boettgeri, new species, p. 173 + Plate X, figures 3, 3a).
• Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN   978-3929449-01-3. (Mabuya boettgeri, p. 312).
• Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN   978-3929449-03-7.