Trachylepis brauni

Trachylepis brauni
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. brauni
Binomial name
Trachylepis brauni (Tornier, 1902)
Synonyms [2]
Mabuia brauni Tornier, 1902 Mabuya varia brauni — Loveridge, 1957 Mabuya brauni — Meerman, 1984 Euprepis brauni — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis brauni — Bauer, 2003 Mabiua hildae Loveridge, 1953 Mabuya brauni hildae — Broadley, 1977 Mabuya hildae — Welch, 1982 Euprepis hildae — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Trachylepis brauni, also known commonly as Braun's mabuya and the Ukinga montane skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania and Malawi. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, brauni, is in honor of German zoologist Rudolf H. Braun (born 1908). ^[3]

Geographic range

T. brauni is found in the Southern Highlands in Tanzania and in the Nyika Plateau in Malawi. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. brauni are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of 2,100–2,800 m (6,900–9,200 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

T. brauni is viviparous. ^[4]

References

1. Pietersen, D.; Verburgt, L.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2020). "Trachylepis brauni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T44979420A44979444. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979420A44979444.en . Retrieved 28 March 2022.
2. Trachylepis brauni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 March 2022.
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 brauni, p. 37).
4. Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Branch, William R.; Colston, Timothy J.; Jackman, Todd R.; Kuhn, Arianna; Conradie, Werner; Bauer, Aaron M. (2019). "A species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis (Scincidae: Mabuyinae) provides insight into their reproductive mode evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 183–195. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.002. PMID   30965125.

Further reading

• Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN   978-1472935618. (Trachylepis brauni, p. 136).
• Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere15: 578–590. (Mabuia brauni, new species, pp. 585–586). (in German).