Trachylepis rodenburgi

Trachylepis rodenburgi, also known commonly as Rodenburg's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.

Trachylepis rodenburgi
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. rodenburgi
Binomial name
Trachylepis rodenburgi (Hoogmoed, 1974)
Synonyms[2]
Mabuya rodenburgi Hoogmoed, 1974 Euprepis rodenburgi — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis rodenburgi — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, rodenburgi, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, Willem F. Rodenburg.^[3]

Geographic range

T. rodenburgi is found in Ghana and Nigeria.^[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. rodenburgi is rocky areas.^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. rodenburgi is unknown.^[2]

References

1. Chirio L, Luiselli L (2018). "Trachylepis rodenburgi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T13155343A13155352. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T13155343A13155352.en. Downloaded 18 January 2020.
2. Trachylepis rodenburgi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 September 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. (Mabuya rodenburgi, p. 224).

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: 1–7. (Trachylepis rodenburgi, new combination).
• Hoogmoed MS (1974). "Ghanese lizards of the genus Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria, Reptilia)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 138: 1-62. (Mabuya rodenburgi, new species, pp. 51–57, Figure 14).
• Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).