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Trachylepis vato (NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 1994)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Boulder Mabuya 
SynonymMabuya vato NUSSBAUM &. RAXWORTHY 1994: 309
Mabuya vato — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 312
Mabuya vato — GREER & NUSSBAUM 2000
Euprepis vato — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003
Trachylepis vato — BAUER 2003 
DistributionMadagascar

Type locality: south bank of Mananara River between Bevia and Hazofotsy, 24°50' S, 46°31' E, 50 m elevation, Tôlanaro (Ft. Dauphin) Fivondronana, Toliara (Tulear) Province, Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 196208, mature male, collected 25 Oct 1990, by R.A. Nussbaum. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A Mabuya with lower eyelid undivided and bearing a large transparent disk; subocular not narrowed below by intrusion of anterior adjacent supralabial. Scales of soles not spinose; subdigital scales acarinate. Dorsolateral surfaces of head, forelimbs, and anterior half of body black with white (or very pale yellow) spots; white spots on dorsal surface of head and forelimbs irregularly positioned, or at least not in distinct longitudinal rows; white spots on body in nine longitudinal rows; posterior half of body, hindlimbs, and tail reddish tan or bronze (in life) increasing in intensity posteriorly; ventral surfaces lighter in coloration, chin and throat grayish white to darker bluish gray, chest and undersurfaces of forelimb grayish white, midventral body light bluish white, pelvic region and underside of hindlimbs and tail bright reddish bronze (Nussbaum & Raxworthy 1994). 
CommentSimilar species: M. aureopunctata. 
EtymologyThe specific name "vato" (pronounced "vahtoo") is Malagasy for "rock", and is used as a noun in apposition. 
References
  • D'Cruze, Neil; Annette Olsonn, David Henson, Sunil Kumar, and David Emmett. 2009. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lower Onilahy River Valley, a Temporary Protected Area in Southwest Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 4: 62-79 - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Greer,A.E. & NUSSBAUM,R.A. 2000. New character useful in the systematics of the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Copeia 2000 (2): 615-618 - get paper here
  • 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, R. A. and C. RAXWORTHY. 1994. A new species of Mabuya FITZINGER (Reptilia:Squamata:Scincidae) from southern Madagascar. Herpetologica 50 (3): 309-319. - get paper here
  • Nussbaum, R.A. & C.J. Raxworthy 1995. A new Mabuya (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of the aureopunctata-group from southern Madagascar. Journal of Herpetology 29 (1): 28-38 - 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
 
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