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Mochlus lanceolatus (BROADLEY, 1990)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Broadley's Writhing Skink 
SynonymLygosoma lanceolatum BROADLEY 1990: 477
Mochlus lanceolatus — FREITAS et al. 2019
Mochlus lanceolatus — CHAPPLE et al. 2021 
DistributionBazaruto Archipelago (Mozambique)

Type locality: Benguerua Island, Mozambique.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMZB 10031 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A medium-sized Lygosoma (sensu Greer, 1977) with: scaly lower eyelid; frontoparietals paired; supranasal discrete and nasal undivided; supranasals in median contact; prefrontals frequently (50%) fused with the frontonasal; no presubocular; two preoculars; four supralabials anterior to the suboculars; one postsupralabial; ear opening with a lanceolate lobule on its upper anterior border; tail considerably shorter than head + body; 24-26 scales round body midway between axilla and groin, scales smooth in adults, but dorsals tricarinate in the juvenile; 61-66 scales between the mental and the precloacal shields. (Broadley 1990)


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CommentLygosoma lanceolatum was preliminarily included in the genus Mochlus sensu Freitas et al. 2019, but they did not have DNA available and were thus not conclusively able to assign the species to Mochlus. 
EtymologyThe name lanceolatum refers to the long lanceolate ear lobule which is diagnostic for this species. 
References
  • Broadley D G 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (35): 469-493
  • Broadley, D G. 1994. A review of Lygosoma Hardwicke and Gray 1827 (Reptilia Scincidae) on the East African Coast, with the description of a new species. Tropical Zoology 7 (1): 217-222. - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G; Roll, Uri; Böhm, Monika; Aguilar, Rocío Amey, Andrew P Austin, Chris C Baling, Marleen Barley, Anthony J Bates, Michael F Bauer, Aaron M Blackburn, Daniel G Bowles, Phil Brown, Rafe M Chandramouli, S R Chirio, Laurent Cogger, Hal Co 2021. Conservation Status of the World’s Skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and Geographic Patterns in Extinction Risk. Biological Conservation 257: 109101 - get paper here
  • FREITAS, ELYSE S.; ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, PRAVEEN KARANTH, L. LEE GRISMER and CAMERON D. SILER 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1067–1096 - get paper here
  • Jacobsen, Niels H.G.; Errol W. Pietersen & Darren W. Pietersen 2010. A preliminary herpetological survey of the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary on the San Sebastian Peninsula, Vilankulo, Mozambique. Herpetology Notes 3: 181-193
 
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