Trachylepis hildebrandtii, also known commonly as Hildebrandt's mabuya and Hildebrandt’s skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to the Horn of Africa.
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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. hildebrandtii
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis hildebrandtii (W. Peters, 1874)
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Etymology
editT. hidebrandtii is named after Johann Maria Hildebrandt, who was a German botanist and explorer.[3]
Geographic range
editT. hildebrandtii is found in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of T. hildebrndtii are savanna and shrubland.[1]
Behavior
editT. hildebrandtii is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of T. hildebrandtii is unknown.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Mazuch, T. (2021). "Trachylepis hildebrandtii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22471480A22471680. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T22471480A22471680.en. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Trachylepis hildebrandtii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 October 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. (Mabuya hildebrandtii, p. 123).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1892). "On some Reptiles collected by Sig. L. Bricchetti Robecchi [sic] in Somaliland". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 12: 5–15 + Plate I. (Mabuia hildebrandtii, new combination, p. 12).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptile of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale.694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Mabuya hildebrandtii, p. 390).
- Peters W (1874). "Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus)". Monatsberichte der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 368–377. (Euprepes hidebrandtii, new species, pp. 372–373 + Figures 4, 4a, 4b on p. 377). (in German).