Trachylepis mekuana (CHIRIO & INEICH, 2001)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Mabuya mekuana CHIRIO & INEICH 2001 Euprepis mekuanus — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Trachylepis mekuana — BAUER 2003 Trachylepis mekuana — ALLEN et al. 2017
Distribution	Cameroon Type locality: “2700 mètres d'altitude sur la lèvre nord-est du cratère de la partie sommitale du Mont Mekua, Monts Bamboutos, Cameroun (5° 42' Nord, 10° 03' Est)”
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1998.0221, adult male; paratype: MNHN-RA 1998.0222
Diagnosis
Comment	Sympatry: T. maculilabris is the only other species that occurs above 2000 m elevation in the area where T. mekuana was found. The publication date is 2001, not 2000, fide Frétey 2023.
Etymology	named after the type locality.
References	Allen, K. E., W. P. Tapondjou N., E. Greenbaum, L. J. Welton & A. M. Bauer 2019. High levels of hidden phylogenetic structure within Central and West African Trachylepis skinks. Salamandra 55 (4): 231-241 - get paper here Allen, Kaitlin E.; WALTER P. TAPONDJOU N., LUKE J. WELTON, AARON M. BAUER 2017. A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central Africa and a key to the Trachylepis of West and Central Africa. Zootaxa 4268 (2): 255–269 - get paper here Chirio, L. & I. INEICH 2001. Description d'un nouveau scincidé endémique des montagnes du Cameroun (Lacertilia: Mabuya mekuana). Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., 125(3): 185-196 [2000, see Fretey 2023] Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp. Chirio, Laurent, Ivan Ineich, Andreas Schmitz and Matthew LeBreton. 2008. A new species of Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central African forests. African Journal of Herpetology 57(1):13-28 - get paper here Frétey, Thierry 2023. The publication dates of the printed issues of the Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France (1816–2015). Bionomina 33: 00–62 - get paper here Ineich, I. & L. Chirio 2004. L'Archipel Afro-montagne et les affinités de son herpetofaune: description d'une espèce nouvelle indiquant des relations phylétiques entre le Camerun et l'Afrique de l'est (Lacertilia, Scincidae, genre Trachyleps. Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., 129(3): 317-331 Kameni, M. M., Gonwouo, L. N., Tapondjou, W. P., Tchassem, A. M., Doherty-Bone, T., Allen, K. E., & Fomena, A. 2022. Status and habitat preferences of montane endemic skinks, genera Lacertaspis, Leptosiaphos, and Trachylepis, in the central Cameroon Volcanic Line. Herpetology Notes 15: 271-281
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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