Trachylepis dumasi

Trachylepis dumasi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Trachylepis dumasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. dumasi
Binomial name
Trachylepis dumasi
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuya dumasi
    Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1955
  • Euprepis dumasi
    — Mausfeld & Schmitz, 2003
  • Trachylepis dumasi
    — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, dumasi, is in honor of American herpetologist Philip Conrad Dumas.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. dumasi are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of 100–250 m (330–820 ft).[1]

Description

A relatively small species for its genus, the maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of T. dumasi is 5.5 cm (2.2 in). Dorsally, the head, body, and tail are brown.[2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. dumasi is unknown.[2]

References
  1. Vences M (2011). Trachylepis dumasi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172992A6954347. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172992A6954347.en. Downloaded on 22 April 2020.
  2. Trachylepis dumasi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  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 dumasi, p. 77).

Further reading
  • 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 Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis dumasi, new combination).
  • 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.
  • Mausfeld P, Schmitz A (2003). "Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): taxonomic and biogeographic implications". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 3: 161–171. (Eutropis dumasi, new combination).
  • Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ (1995). "A new Mabuya (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of the aureopunctata-group from southern Madagascar". Journal of Herpetology 29 (1): 28–38. (Mabuya dumasi, new species).


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