Trachylepis bocagii (BOULENGER, 1887)
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Trachylepis bocagii
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bocage’s Skink |
| Synonym | Mabuya bocagii BOULENGER 1887: 203 Mabuya bocagii bocagii — HELLMICH 1957: 61 Mabuya bocagii — GREER et al. 2000 Euprepis bocagii — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Trachylepis bocagii — BAUER 2003 Trachylepis bocagii — CERIACO et al. 2024: 46 |
| Distribution | Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.15.27 (formerly 66.6.11.7), Duque de Braganca, Angola, presented J.V. Barboza du Bocage; 1946.8.15.30 (formerly 64.7.13.23), Angola, collected Dr Welwitsch; 64.7.13.35, Pungo Adongo, collected Dr Welwitsch; MNHN 1286 (1866.71, 2798a), Duque de Braganca, presented MBL (as Euprepes quinquaeniatus); ZMB 6479, Duque de Braganca, Angola, donated J.V. Barboza du Bocage. See Bauer et al. (2003: 276) for discussion. Other types were likely to have been in MBL, destroyed by fire in 1978. T. bocagii is in part based on the specimens assigned to Euprepes quinquetaeniatus by Bocage (1867). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024: 50 |
| Comment | Distribution: not in East Africa (i.e. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi fide S. Spawls, pers. comm., 28 June 2018). Not listed for Tanzania by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991. |
| Etymology | Named after José Vicente Barboza du Bocage (Funchal, 1823-Lisboa, 1907), Portugese naturalist. |
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