Trachylepis lavarambo (NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 1998)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Mabuya lavarambo NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 1998 Mabuya lavarambo — GREER & NUSSBAUM 2000 Euprepis lavarambo — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003 Trachylepis lavarambo — BAUER 2003
Distribution	Nossi Be = Nosy Bé, Madagascar Type locality: Lokobe Reserve, Ampasindava, 13°25' S, 48°19' E, 150 m elevation, Nosy Be Fivondronana, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 209152 (RAN mature 44078)
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Comment
Etymology	The 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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