Trachylepis perrotetii

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Trachylepis perrotetii

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. perrotetii
Binomial name
*Trachylepis perrotetii* (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms^[1]
Euprepes perrotetii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Mabuia perrotetii — Tornier, 1901 Mabuya perrotetii — Schmidt, 1919 Euprepis perrotetii — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis perrotetii — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis perrotetii, also known commonly as the African red-sided skink, the red-sided skink, and the Teita mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Africa.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, perrotetii, is in honor of French naturalist George Samuel Perrottet.^[2]

Geographic range

T. perrotetii is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.^[1]

Reproduction

T. perrotetii is oviparous.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Trachylepis perrotetii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
^ 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 perrotetii, p. 203).

Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Euprepes perrotetii, new species, pp. 669–670). (in French)
Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Trachylepis perrotetii, p. 144).
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).

Taxon identifiers
Trachylepis perrotetii	Wikidata: Q5127109 Wikispecies: Trachylepis perrotetii BOLD: 969277 CoL: 7CL74 GBIF: 5225355 iNaturalist: 114292 IRMNG: 10366119 IUCN: 13155297 NCBI: 217874 Observation.org: 103916 Open Tree of Life: 48633 RD: perrotetii

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