Wright's skink
| Wright's skink | |
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| File:Wrights Skink - Mabuya wrightii.jpg | |
| Trachylepis wrightii | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Trachylepis |
| Species: | T. wrightii
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis wrightii (Boulenger, 1887)
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| File:Trachylepis wrightii distribution.png | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Wright's skink (Trachylepis wrightii), also known commonly as Wright's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Seychelles. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, wrightii, is in honor of Irish naturalist Edward Perceval Wright.[3]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]T. wrightii is found only in Seychelles.[1]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The natural habitats of T. wrightii are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Large and heavy-bodied for its genus, T. wrightii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 14 cm (5.5 in).[2]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]The mode of reproduction of T. wrightii is unknown.[2]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Trachylepis wrightii ilotensis (Rendahl, 1939)
- Trachylepis wrightii wrightii (Boulenger, 1887)
References
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- ^ a b c d Species Trachylepis wrightii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Trachylepis wrightii, p. 290).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III ... Scincidae ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. ("Mabuia [sic] wrightii ", new species, p. 162 + Plate VIII).
- Pawlowski S (2015). "Im Habitat des Wright Skinks Trachylepis wrightii (BOULENGER, 1887) auf Cousin ". Sauria 37 (1): 16–19. (in German).
- Rendahl H (1939). "Zur Herpetologie der Seychellen. 1. Reptilien ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 72: 255–328. (Mabuya wrightii ilotensis, new subspecies, p. 294). (in German).
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