Trachylepis boettgeri

Trachylepis boettgeri, commonly knowm as Boettger's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.[2] The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Trachylepis boettgeri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. boettgeri
Binomial name
Trachylepis boettgeri
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mabuia boettgeri
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Mabuya boettgeri
    — Angel, 1942
  • Euprepis boettgeri
    — Mausfeld & Schmitz, 2003
  • Trachylepis boettgeri
    — Bauer, 2003

Etymology

Both the specific name, boettgeri, and the common name, Boettger's mabuya, are in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[3]

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References
  1. "Trachylepis boettgeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. Trachylepis boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2016.
  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 boettgeri, p. 29).

Further reading
  • Angel F (1942). "Les Lézards de Madagascar ". Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive 36: 1–193. (Mabuya boettgeri, p. 109). (in French).
  • 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 boettgeri, new combination).
  • 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 boettgeri, new species, p. 173 + Plate X, figures 3, 3a).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449013.
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