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Mochlus laeviceps (PETERS, 1874)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Common Writhing Skink 
SynonymEuprepes (Tiliqua) laeviceps PETERS 1874: 371
Lygosoma laeviceps — BOULENGER 1896
Mochlus laeviceps — GANS et al. 1965: 37
Lygosoma laeviceps — GREER et al. 1985
Mochlus laeviceps — IUCN 2018 
DistributionSomalia, Ethiopia

Type locality: “Barawa”  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 8218 
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CommentLygosoma laeviceps paedocarinatum has been elevated to full species status.

Boulenger (1896) thought that Sepacontias modestus (GÜNTHER 1880) represents the adult form of Lygosoma laeviceps (PETERS 1874) which he thought were juveniles. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin laevis, smooth; slippery, polished, plain and Latin “-ceps”, a short form of “caput” = head. 
References
  • Boulenger, George Albert 1896. Report on Capt. Bottego's second collection of reptiles and batrachians from Somaliland. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Serie 2, 17: 15-23, 1 plate - get paper here
  • 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
  • Greer A E; Grandison A G C; Barbault R 1985. A new species of Lygosoma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from west Africa, with comments on its biology. Journal of Herpetology 19 (3): 365-372 - 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
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1874. Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1874 (Juni): 368-377 - 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
 
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