Trachylepis perrotetii

Trachylepis perrotetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. perrotetii
Binomial name
	Trachylepis perrotetii; (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms
	Euprepes perrotetii; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839; Mabuia perrotetii; — Tornier, 1901; Mabuya perrotetii; — Schmidt, 1919; Euprepis perrotetii; — Mausfeld et al., 2002; Trachylepis perrotetii; — Bauer, 2003;

Last updated March 04, 2021

Trachylepis perrotetii, also known commonly as the African red-sided skink, the red-sided skink, and the Teita mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Africa.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, perrotetii, is in honor of French naturalist George Samuel Perrottet.^[2]

Geographic range

T. perrotetii is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.^[1]

Reproduction

T. perrotetii is oviparous.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 Trachylepis perrotetii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
↑ 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 perrotetii, p. 203).