Trachylepis vezo (RAMANAMANJATO, NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 1999)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Mabuya vezo RAMANAMANJATO, NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 1999 Euprepis vezo — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003 Trachylepis vezo — BAUER 2003
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: 0.5 km WSW of Lavenombato village, 23°33.5’S, 43°48.3’E, 10 m elevation, Toliara Fivondronana, Toliara Province [near the mouth of the Onilahy River], Madagascar.
Reproduction	oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 217100 (RAN 48523)
Diagnosis
Comment	White-spotted species of the aureopunctata group of Madagascan Mabuyas. Similar in size and habitat to M. vato, and in general coloration to the much larger M. aureopunctata. Broadly sympatric with M. aureopunctata, M. elegans, and M. gravenhorstii. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after the Vezo ethnic group of Malagasy who occupy Lavenombato village and protect the type locality through their fady (taboo) system.
References	Lima, Alexandra; D. James Harris, Sara Rocha, Aurélien Miralles, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of Trachylepis skink species from Madagascar and the Seychelles (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67 (3): 615-620 - get paper here MAUSFELD, Patrick & Andreas SCHMITZ 2003. Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Org. Divers. Evol. 3: 161–171 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Ramanamanjato, Jean Baptiste, Ronald A. Nussbaum and Christopher J. Raxworthy. 1999. A new species of Mabuya Fitzinger(Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Onilahy River of south-west Madagascar. The Herpetological Journal 9 (2): 65-72. - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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