Trachylepis gravenhorstii

Trachylepis gravenhorstii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. gravenhorstii
Binomial name
Trachylepis gravenhorstii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms[2][3]
Euprepes gravenhorstii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Mabuia gravenhorstii — Boulenger, 1887 Mabuya gravenhorstii — Angel, 1942 Euprepis gravenhorstii — Mausfeld & Schmitz, 2003 Trachylepis gravenhorstii — Bauer, 2003

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

Etymology

The specific name, gravenhorstii, is in honor of German zoologist Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. gravenhorstii are rocky areas, grassland, shrubland, and forest, but is also found in coffee plantations and ylang-ylang plantations.[1]

Description

T gravenhorstii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in), and a total length (including tail) of 18 cm (7.1 in).[3]

Reproduction

T. gravenhorstii is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Raxworthy CJ (2011). "Trachylepis gravenhorstii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172867A6932248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172867A6932248.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Trachylepis gravenhorstii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. 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 gravenhorstii, pp. 200–201).
4. 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 gravenhorstii, p. 106).

Further reading

• Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Fitzinger 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis gravenhorstii, new combination).
• Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Euprepes gravenhorstii, new species, p. 686). (in French).
• Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
• Vences M, Lima A, Miralles A, Glaw F (2014). "DNA barcoding assessment of genetic variation in two widespread skinks from Madagascar, Trachylepis elegans and T. gravenhorstii (Squamata: Scincidae)". Zootaxa 3755: 477–484.