Trachylepis brauni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Trachylepis |
| Species: | T. brauni
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis brauni (Tornier, 1902)
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Trachylepis brauni, also known commonly as Braun's mabuya and the Ukinga montane skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania and Malawi.[1][2]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, brauni, is in honor of German zoologist Rudolf H. Braun (born 1908).[3]
Geographic range[edit]
T. brauni is found in the Southern Highlands in Tanzania and in the Nyika Plateau in Malawi.[1][2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of T. brauni are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of 2,100–2,800 m (6,900–9,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction[edit]
T. brauni is viviparous.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Pietersen, D.; Verburgt, L.; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2020). "Trachylepis brauni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44979420A44979444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979420A44979444.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Trachylepis brauni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
- ^ 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 brauni, p. 37).
- ^ Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Branch, William R.; Colston, Timothy J.; Jackman, Todd R.; Kuhn, Arianna; Conradie, Werner; Bauer, Aaron M. (2019). "A species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis (Scincidae: Mabuyinae) provides insight into their reproductive mode evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 183–195. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.002.
Further reading[edit]
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Trachylepis brauni, p. 136).
- Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 15: 578–590. (Mabuia brauni, new species, pp. 585–586). (in German).