Trachylepis hemmingi, also known commonly as the Somali mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Mabuyinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][3]

Trachylepis hemmingi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. hemmingi
Binomial name
Trachylepis hemmingi
(Gans, Laurent, & Pandit, 1965)
Synonyms[3]
  • Mabuya hemmingi
    Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965[2]
  • Euprepis hemmingi
    Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis hemmingi
    Bauer, 2003

Etymology

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The specific name, hemmingi, is in honor of English entomologist Christopher Francis Hemming, who collected the holotype.[4]

Reproduction

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The mode of reproduction of T. hemmingi is unknown.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mazuch, T. (2021). "Trachylepis hemmingi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22471446A22471470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471446A22471470.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ Gans, Carl; Laurent, Raymond F. & Pandit, Hemchandra (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic" (PDF). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Série in Octavo, Science Zoologique. 134: 1–93. (Mabuya hemmingi, new species, p. 33)
  3. ^ a b c Trachylepis hemmingi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ 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 hemmingi, p. 120).

Further reading

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  • 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 hemmingi, new combination).
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.