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Trachylepis tandrefana (NUSSBAUM, RAXWORTHY & RAMANAMANJATO, 1999)

IUCN Red List - Trachylepis tandrefana - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMabuya tandrefana NUSSBAUM, RAXWORTHY & RAMANAMANJATO 1999: 265
Euprepis tandrefana — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003
Trachylepis tandrefana — BAUER 2003 
DistributionMadagascar

Type locality: Ambalarano Tsingy in Bemaraha Reserve, 18° 59.23’S, 44° 45.57’ E, elevation 100 m., Antsalova Fivondronana, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 221161, adult female.
Paratypes. UMMZ 221162-3 (RAN 51584, 51586), 30 January 1996 at Kirindy Forest, 20°4.10'S, 44°39.40'E, 20 m, Morondava Fivondronana, Toliara Province, Madagascar. UMMZ 221164 (RAN 51865), 7 February 1996, 25 km N of Belo-Tsiribihina, 19°28.55'S, 44°30.17'E, 40 m, Belo-Isiribihina Fivondronana, Toliara Province, Madagascar. UMMZ 221165-72 (RAN 54261, 54265, 54359, 54360, 54378, 54411, 54416-7), 8-12 March 1996 at Andranopasasy in Bemaraha Reserve, 18°42.48'S, 44°42.98'E, 120 m, Antsalova Fivondronana, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar. UMMZ 221173-6 (RAN 54516, 54519, 54524, 54542), 18-21 March 1996 at type locality. UMMZ 221177 (RAN 54607) 20 March 1998 at Manambolo in Bemaraha Reserve, 19°08'S, 44°50'E, 150. m, Antsalova Province, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar. UMMZ 221178-84, 221197-8 (RAX 105-7, 168-9, 194, 238, 241, 279), 3-7 December 1996 at Namoroka Reserve, 16°28.18'S, 45°20.91'E, 150 m, Soalala Fivondronana, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar. UMMZ 221185-8 (RAX 289-90, 293-4), 12 December 1996 at Bemosary, west Baly Bay, 16°01.06'S, 45°16.31'E, 5 m, Soalala Fivondronana, Mahjanga Province, Madagascar. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Malagasy word "tandrefana" (pronounced tawn dray fauna) for "western people” or “westerner”, a noun in apposition, referring to "the western one". 
References
  • BORA, PARFAIT; J. CHRISTIAN RANDRIANANTOANDRO, ROMA RANDRIANAVELONA, ELISOA F. HANTALALAINA, RAPHALI R. ANDRIANTSIMANARILAFY, DANIEL RAKOTONDRAVONY, OLGA R. RAMILIJAONA, MIGUEL VENCES, RICHARD K. B. JENKINS, FRANK GLAW, AND JÖRN KÖHLER 2010. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE TSINGY DE BEMARAHA PLATEAU, WESTERN MADAGASCAR: CHECKLIST, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (1): 111-125
  • 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
  • Nussbaum, Ronald A.; Christopher J. Raxworthy & Jean B. RAMANAMANJATO 1999. Additional species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Western Madagascar. Journal of Herpetology 33 (2): 264-280 - 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
 
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