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Mochlus mabuiiformis (LOVERIDGE, 1935)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mabuya-like (writhing) Skink 
SynonymRiopa mabuiiformis LOVERIDGE 1935: 12
Riopa mabuiiformis LOVERIDGE 1957: 214
Riopa mabuiiformis — LANZA & CARFI 1966: 41
Lygosoma mabuiiforme — LANZA 1983
Lygosoma mabuiiforme — SPAWLS & ROTICH 1997
Lygosoma mabuiiformis — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 143
Mochlus mabuiiforme — FELDMAN et al. 2015 
DistributionKenya (Tana delta), S Somalia

Type locality: Ngatana, Tana River, Coast Province, Kenya Colony  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 40266, adult male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A very large Mabuia-like species with well developed pentadactyle limbs, the hind limb being included from 2 (young) to 3 (adult) times in the distance between the axilla and groin. A pair of supranasals form a suture separating the rostral from the frontonasal, nostril so large as to nearly divide the single nasal shield, latter forming a horizontal suture with the supranasal. Midbody scales smooth, in 28 to 30 rows. Color of adults and young different. (Loveridge 1935) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin Mabuya, lizard genus due to Fitzinger, 1826 + Latin formis, form, figure, appearance. ["...A very large Mabuia-like species with well developed pentadactyle limbs…"]. 
References
  • Gans, C.; LAURENT, R.F. & PANDIT, H. 1965. Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr., Sér. 8vo, Tervuren, (80) Zool., (134): 1-93
  • Lanza, B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. MONITORE ZOOLOGICO ITALIANO, new Ser., SUPPL. 18 (8): 193-247 - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. and Carfi, S. 1966. Note su alcuni Scincidae della Somalia e descrizione di una nuova specie di Mochlus (Reptilia, Squamata). Monit. zool. ital. Suppl. 74: 34-43. - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1935. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. I. New reptiles and amphibians from East Africa. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 79: 1- 19. - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1957. Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of east Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 117 (2): 153-362 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S. & Rotich, D. 1997. An annotated checklist of the lizards of Kenya. J. East African Nat. Hist. 86: 61-83
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
 
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