Wright's skink
Wright's skink or Wright's mabuya (Trachylepis wrightii ) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Trachylepis |
| Species: | T. wrightii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis wrightii (Boulenger, 1887) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, wrightii, is in honor of Irish naturalist Edward Perceval Wright.[2]
Geographic range
T. wrightii is found only in Seychelles.[3]
Habitat
The natural habitats of T. wrightii are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[3]
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References
- "Trachylepis wrightii ". 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. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachylepis wrightii, p. 290).
- Gerlach J, Ineich I (2006). Trachylepis wrightii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
Further reading
- 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).
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