Trachylepis hemmingi (GANS, LAURENT & PANDIT, 1965)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Somali Mabuya
Synonym	Mabuya hemmingi GANS, LAURENT & PANDIT 1965: 33 Mabuya hemmingi — GREER et al. 2000 Euprepis hemmingi — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Trachylepis hemmingi — BAUER 2003
Distribution	Somalia Type locality: Somalia, Talen
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MCZ R-73116
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A middle sized, stocky species, with smooth scales on the soles and smooth subdigital lamellae; short limbs and toes, subocular not narrowed, and 32 smooth scales around the body; differing from M. brevicollis, its closest relative, especially in the smooth scales of the soles and the smooth subdigital lamellae. (Gans & Laurent 1965) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1673 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after C. F. Hemming, an entomologist and expert on locusts who worked in the Somali Republic where he collected the type.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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., Arnold, C. & Arnold, E.N. 2000. The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (1): 121-126 - 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 Sindaco, R., Metallinou, M., Pupin, F., Fasola, M. & Carranza, S. 2012. Forgotten in the ocean: systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the Socotra Archipelago. Zoologica Scripta - 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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