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Trachylepis rodenburgi

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Trachylepis rodenburgi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. rodenburgi
Binomial name
Trachylepis rodenburgi
(Hoogmoed, 1974)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mabuya rodenburgi
    Hoogmoed, 1974
  • Euprepis rodenburgi
    Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis rodenburgi
    Bauer, 2003

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

  1. ^ a b Trachylepis rodenburgi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ 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).