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Feylinia polylepis BOCAGE, 1887

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Manyscaled Feylinia 
SynonymFeylinia currori var. polylepis BOCAGE 1887: 198
Feylinia polylepis — WELCH 1982: 66
Feylinia polylepis — POLLO 2017
Feylinia polylepis — CERÍACO et al. 2023 
DistributionPrincipe Island (Gulf of Guinea)

Type locality: Ile du Prince  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesNeotype: MSNG 35593A, Bahio do Ceste et Roca Inf, collected L. Fea, 1901, presented Enrique. Designation by Brygoo & Roux-Estève (1983). Syntypes: lost (formerly MBL, but lost in fire that destroyed the museum in 1978), 2 specimens, from Ile du Prince (Principe, Gulf of Guinea). 
Diagnosis 
CommentStatus unclear. Euprepis polylepis PETERS 1869 is listed in BOULENGER 1887: 157 as synonym of Mabuia stangeri (GRAY). Another synonym of Mabuia stangeri is Euprepes hopfferi BOCAGE 1875. 
EtymologyApparently named after the high number of scales, from Greek polys (πολύς), several + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale. 
References
  • Bocage, J.V.B. du 1887. Melanges erpetologiques. I. Reptiles et Batraciens du Congo. II. Reptiles de Dahomey. III. Reptiles de l’Ile du Prince. IV. Reptiles et Batraciens de Quissange (Benguella) envoyés par M. J. d’Anchieta. Jorn. Sci. math. phys. nat., Lisboa, 11: 177-211 - get paper here
  • Brygoo,E.R. & Roux-Esteve 1983. Feylinia, genre de lézards africains de la famille des Scincidae, sous-famille des Feyliniinae. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Nat. Paris (4) 5: 307-341
  • Ceríaco, L. M. P., Marques, M. P., de Sousa, A. C. A., Veríssimo, J., Beja, P., & Ferreira, S. 2023. Illustrated keys and a DNA barcode reference library of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa). ZooKeys 1168: 41-75
  • LO CASCIO, PIETRO. 2022. Remarks on the ecology of the endemic skink Feylinia polylepis Bocage, 1887 from Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea. Herpetology Notes 15: 683–685. - get paper here
  • Pollo, César J. 2017. Guide of Amphibians and Reptiles of São Tomé and Príncipe. Smashwords / César J. Pollo, 156 pp. - get paper here
  • Welch, K.R.G. 1982. Herpetology of Africa; a checklist and bibliography of the orders Amphisbaenia, Sauria, and Serpentes. Robert E. Krieger Pub. Co., Malabar, FL 293 pp.
 
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