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Trachylepis
''Trachylepis'' is a skink genus in the subfamily Mabuyinae found mainly in Africa. Its members were formerly included in the "wastebin taxon" ''Mabuya'', and for some time in '' Euprepis''. As defined today, ''Trachylepis'' contains the clade of Afro-Malagasy mabuyas. The genus also contains a species from the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, '' T. atlantica'', and may occur in mainland South America with '' Trachylepis tschudii'' and '' Trachylepis maculata'', both poorly known and enigmatic. The ancestors of ''T. atlantica'' are believed to have rafted across the Atlantic from Africa during the last 9 million years. The generic name ''Trachylepis'' literally means "rough-scaled", referring to the fact that most of the species, though superficially smooth-scaled, have three or more slight longitudinal keels on their dorsal scales. Species The following species are recognized as being valid (listed alphabetically by specific name). *'' Trachylepis acutilabris'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Atlantica
The Noronha skink (''Trachylepis atlantica'') is a species of skink from the island of Fernando de Noronha off northeastern List of reptiles of Brazil, Brazil. It is covered with dark and light spots on the upperparts and is usually about in length. The tail is long and muscular, but breaks off easily. Very common throughout Fernando de Noronha, it is an opportunistic feeder, eating both insects and plant material, including nectar from the ''Erythrina velutina'' tree, as well as other material ranging from cookie crumbs to eggs of its own species. Introduced species, Introduced predation, predators such as feral cats prey on it and several parasitic worms infect it. Perhaps seen by Amerigo Vespucci in 1503, it was first formally described in 1839. Its subsequent Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic history has been complex, riddled with confusion with ''Trachylepis maculata'' and other species, homonym (biology), homonyms, and other problems. The species is classified in the otherwise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Tschudii
''Trachylepis tschudii'' is an enigmatic skink, purportedly from Peru. First described in 1845 on the basis of a single specimen, it may be the same as the Noronha skink (''T. atlantica'') from Fernando de Noronha, off northeastern Brazil. ''T. tschudii'' represents one of two doubtful records of the otherwise African genus ''Trachylepis'' on mainland South America; the other is '' T. maculata'' from Guyana. The only specimen, the holotype, is mostly brownish above, with dark and light spots, and white below. The snout-to-vent length is 83 mm (3.3 in). Several features of the scales align it with ''Trachylepis'' over the related American genus ''Mabuya''. Taxonomy In 1845, Swiss zoologist Johann Jakob von Tschudi described the new species ''Trachylepis (Xystrolepis) punctata'' among other species he had collected in Peru. The species was recorded as being from the "forest region" (Amazonia) of Peru and was known from a single specimen, the holotype. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Maculata
''Trachylepis maculata'', the spotted mabuya, is a species of skink in the genus ''Trachylepis'' recorded from Demerara in Guyana, northern South America. It is placed in the genus ''Trachylepis'', which is otherwise mostly restricted to Africa, and its type locality may be in error. It is an unstriped, olive-brown, grayish animal, with dark spots all over the body.Mausfeld and Vrcibradic, 2002, p. 293 Its taxonomic history is complex due to confusion with ''Trachylepis atlantica'' from the Atlantic Ocean island of Fernando de Noronha and doubts regarding its type locality. ''T. maculata'' was first described, as ''Tiliqua maculata'', by Gray in 1839 on the basis of three specimens said to be from Demerara, Guyana. On the same page, Gray described ''Tiliqua punctata'' from the island of Fernando de Noronha off Brazil. In 1887, the two names were considered by Boulenger to pertain to the same species, which was initially named ''Mabuya punctata'' but renamed ''Mabuya maculata'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Striata
The African striped skink (''Trachylepis striata''), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family ( Scincidae). The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of .... It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, '' Ctenotus taeniolatus''. Description ''T. striata'' is brown or bronze-coloured with two yellowish stripes that run lengthwise on either side of the spine. Both sexes grow to a total length (including tail) of .Spawls S, Howell KM, Drewes RC (2006). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa''. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Their tails are often missing due to predators. Geographic range and subspecies Former subspecies '' T. s. punctatissima'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Maculilabris
''Trachylepis maculilabris'' is a species of skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski .... Commonly referred to as the speckle-lipped skink or speckle-lipped mabuya. It is distributed through much of sub-Saharan Africa., References Trachylepis Reptiles described in 1845 Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Lygosominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Acutilabris
The wedge-snouted skink or sharp-lipped mabuya (''Trachylepis acutilabris'') is a species of skink found in Namibia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... References Trachylepis Reptiles of Angola Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reptiles of Namibia Reptiles of South Africa Reptiles described in 1862 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{Lygosominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions. Description Skinks look like lizards of the family Lacertidae (sometimes called ''true lizards''), but most species of skinks have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. Several genera (e.g., ''Typhlosaurus'') have no limbs at all. This is not true for all skinks, however, as some species such as the red-eyed crocodile skink have a head that is very distinguished from the body. These lizards also have legs that are relatively small proportional to their body size. Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while overlapping. Other gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Adamastor
The Adamastor skink (''Trachylepis adamastor'') is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the islet Tinhosa Grande southwest of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It was first described in 2015. References External links * adamastor Adamastor is a mythological character created by the Portuguese poet Luís de Camões in his epic poem ''Os Lusíadas'' (first printed in 1572), as a personification of the Cape of Good Hope, symbolizing the dangers of the sea and the formidable ... Endemic vertebrates of São Tomé and Príncipe Reptiles described in 2015 Taxa named by Luis M. P. Ceríaco {{Lygosominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachylepis Affinis
''Trachylepis affinis'', the Senegal mabuya, is a species of skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ... found in Africa. References Trachylepis Reptiles of Namibia Reptiles of Angola Reptiles described in 1838 Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Lygosominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euprepis
''Euprepis'' is an obsolete genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae. It was named by Wagler in 1830 and frequently used in subsequent years, often misspelled as ''Euprepes'', a misspelling introduced by Wiegmann in 1834. It was then subsumed under the large skink genus ''Mabuya'', until Mausfeld and others resurrected it for a group of mainly African skinks they split from ''Mabuya''. The following year, Bauer argued that this assignment had been in error and that this group should be called ''Trachylepis'' instead. ''Euprepis'' itself is a junior synonym of ''Mabuya''.Bauer, 2003, p. 5 Type species The identity of the type species, the name-bearing type which determines the application of a generic name, of ''Euprepis'' has been in some recent dispute. In 1830, Wagler included several species in ''Euprepis'': '' Lacerta punctata'' Linnaeus, 1758 (=''Lygosoma punctatum''),Bauer, 2003, p. 4 '' Scincus multifasciatus'' Kuhl, 1820, '' Scincus trilineatus'' Schneider, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabuyinae
Mabuyinae is a subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the ''Mabuya'' group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. They have a pantropical distribution, being found throughout the tropics of Asia, Africa, and the Americas (but excluding most of Australasia aside from '' Eutropis multifasciata'', found in New Guinea). Although originating in and having most species in the Old World, they managed to colonize the Americas in the Miocene; the common ancestor of the American genera is thought to have rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America about 18 million years ago, with the skinks diversifying across the Americas and evolving into many new genera. 6 genera (''Alinea, Capitellum'', '' Copeoglossum'', ''Mabuya'', '' Marisora'', ''Spondylurus'') are found in the Caribbean (with ''Alinea'', ''Capitellum'', ''Mabuya'', and ''Spondylurus'' being exclusively Caribbean genera, while ''Marisora'' and ''Cope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceanic Dispersal
Oceanic dispersal is a type of biological dispersal that occurs when terrestrial organisms transfer from one land mass to another by way of a sea crossing. Island hopping is the crossing of an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly to the destination. Often this occurs via large rafts of floating vegetation such as are sometimes seen floating down major rivers in the tropics and washing out to sea, occasionally with animals trapped on them. Dispersal via such a raft is sometimes referred to as a rafting event. Colonization of land masses by plants can also occur via long-distance oceanic dispersal of floating seeds. History Rafting has played an important role in the colonization of isolated land masses by mammals. Prominent examples include Madagascar, which has been isolated for ~120 million years ( Ma), and South America, which was isolated for much of the Cenozoic. Both land masses, for example, appear to have received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
