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Trachylepis lavarambo (NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 1998)

IUCN Red List - Trachylepis lavarambo - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMabuya lavarambo NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 1998
Mabuya lavarambo — GREER & NUSSBAUM 2000
Euprepis lavarambo — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003
Trachylepis lavarambo — BAUER 2003 
DistributionNossi Be = Nosy Bé, Madagascar

Type locality: Lokobe Reserve, Ampasindava, 13°25' S, 48°19' E, 150 m elevation, Nosy Be Fivondronana, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 209152 (RAN mature 44078) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (755 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific name "lavarambo" (pronounced "lava ramboo") is Malagasy for long (lava) tail (rambo) and is used as a noun in apposition referring to "the long-tailed one."
 
References
  • 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
  • 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. and Christopher J. Raxworthy 1998. New long-tailed Mabuya Fitzinger from Lokobe Reserve, Nosy Be, Madagascar (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Copeia 1998 (1): 114-119 - get paper here
  • Ramanamanjato, J. B., R. A. Nussbaum & C. J. Raxworthy 1999. A new species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) from northern Madagascar. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 728: 1-22 - 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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