Lubuya is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Lubuya ivensii, known commonly as Ivens's skink, Ivens's water skink, or the meadow skink, which is endemic to Southern Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lubuya Horton, 1972 |
| Species: | L. ivensii
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| Binomial name | |
| Lubuya ivensii (Bocage, 1879)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, ivensii, is in honor of Portuguese explorer Roberto Ivens.[3]
Geographic range edit
L. ivensii is found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, and northwestern Zambia.[2]
Reproduction edit
L. ivensii is viviparous.[2]
References edit
- ^ Conradie, W.; Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N. (2020). "Lubuya ivensii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T120686710A120907468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T120686710A120907468.en.
- ^ a b c Lubuya ivensii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
- ^ 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. (Lubuya ivensii, p. 131).
Further reading edit
- Bocage JVB du (1879). "Reptiles et batraciens nouveaux d'Angola ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 7: 97–99. (Euprepes ivensii, new species, pp. 97–98). (in French).
- 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 ivensii, p. 197).
- Horton DR (1972). "A New Scincid Genus from Angola". Journal of Herpetology 6 (1): 17–20. (Lubuya, new genus; L. ivensii, new combination).
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