Trachylepis ferrarai

Trachylepis ferrarai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Trachylepis
Species: T. ferrarai
Binomial name
Trachylepis ferrarai
(Lanza, 1978)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mabuya ferrarai
    Lanza, 1978
  • Euprepis ferrarai
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis ferrarai
    — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis ferrarai is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, ferrarai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Franco Ferrara, who studies isopods.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Trachylepis ferrarai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 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 ferrarai, p. 89).

Further reading

  • 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 ferrarai, new combination).
  • Lanza B (1978). "Mabuya ferrarai, a new scincoid lizard from Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 11 (12): 271-280.


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