Trachylepis buettneri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa and West Africa.

Trachylepis buettneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. buettneri
Binomial name
Trachylepis buettneri
(Matschie, 1893)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuya büttneri
    Matschie, 1893
  • Mabuya viancini
    Mocquard, 1895
  • Mabuya sudanensis
    Schmidt, 1919
  • Mabuya buettneri
    Hoogmoed, 1974
  • Euprepis buettneri
    Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis buettneri
    Bauer, 2003

Etymology

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The specific name, buettneri, is in honor of German botanist Oskar Alexander Richard Büttner.[3]

Geographic range

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T. buettneri is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of T. buettneri is savanna.[1]

Description

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T. buettneri has a very long tail. The tail length may be four times the snout-to-vent length (SVL).[2]

Reproduction

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T. buettneri is oviparous.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rödel M-O, Segniagbeto G, Trape J-F (2021). "Trachylepis buettneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13155273A13155280.en. Accessed on 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Trachylepis buettneri 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 buettneri, p. 45).
  4. ^ Barbault R (1976). "Population Dynamics and Reproductive Patterns of Three African Skinks". Copeia 1976 (3): 483–490. (Mabuya buettneri).

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