Brachymeles boulengeri

Boulenger's short-legged skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Brachymeles
Species:	B. boulengeri
Binomial name
Brachymeles boulengeri Taylor, 1922
Synonyms[2]
Brachymeles boulengeri Taylor, 1922 Brachymeles gracilis boulengeri — W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967 Brachymeles boulengeri — W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980

Brachymeles boulengeri, Boulenger's short-legged skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Geographic range

In the Philippines, B. boulengeri is found in Bohol, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Polillo, and Visayas.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. boulengeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).[1]

Description

The holotype of B. boulengeri has a snout-to-vent length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and a tail length of 9 cm (3.5 in). Dorsally, it is brown; ventrally, it is yellow-brown. All four legs are small, each with five toes.[4]

Behavior

B. boulengeri is terrestrial and fossorial, living in leaf litter and under rotten logs.[1]

Reproduction

B. boulengeri is viviparous.[2]

References

1. Gonzalez JC, Diesmos A (2009). "Brachymeles boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009 https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169752A6669355.en.
2. Brachymeles boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Brachymeles boulengeri, p. 35).
4. Taylor EH (1922).

Further reading

• Brown WC, Rabor DS (1967). "Review of the Genus Brachymeles (Sauria), with Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 34: 525–548. (Brachymeles gracilis boulengeri, new combination, pp. 537–540).
• Taylor EH (1922). The Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. Publication No. 17. 269 pp. + Plates 1–22. (Brachymeles boulengeri, new species, pp. 246–247, Figure 46 + Plate 22, figure 2).).