Trachylepis rodenburgi
Appearance
Trachylepis rodenburgi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Trachylepis |
Species: | T. rodenburgi
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Binomial name | |
Trachylepis rodenburgi (Hoogmoed, 1974)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Trachylepis rodenburgi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, rodenburgi, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, Willem E. Rodenburg.[2]
Geographic range
T. rodenburgi is found in Ghana and Nigeria.[1]
References
- ^ a b Trachylepis rodenburgi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 September 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. (Mabuya rodenburgi, p. 224).