Trachylepis hemmingi, also known commonly as the Somali mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Mabuyinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][3]
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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. hemmingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis hemmingi | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, hemmingi, is in honor of English entomologist Christopher Francis Hemming, who collected the holotype.[4]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of T. hemmingi is unknown.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Mazuch, T. (2021). "Trachylepis hemmingi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22471446A22471470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471446A22471470.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Gans, Carl; Laurent, Raymond F. & Pandit, Hemchandra (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic" (PDF). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Série in Octavo, Science Zoologique. 134: 1–93. (Mabuya hemmingi, new species, p. 33)
- ^ a b c Trachylepis hemmingi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 November 2020.
- ^ 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 hemmingi, p. 120).
Further reading
edit- Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis hemmingi, new combination).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
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