Trachylepis infralineata (BOETTGER, 1913)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Mabuya comorensis infralineata BOETTGER 1913: 329 Mabuya infralineata — BRYGOO 1981 Trachylepis maculilabris infralineata — PROBST 1999 Mabuya (maculilabris) infralineata — ROCHA et al. 2010 Trachylepis infralineata — HEDGES 2012 (pers. comm.) Trachylepis maculilabris infralineata — SANCHEZ & PROBST 2015 Trachylepis maculilabris infralineata — SANCHEZ et al. 2019
Distribution	Europa Island Type locality: “Insel Europa, Strasse von Mocambique”.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Lectotype: SMF 14080 (6163, 1a in Mertens, 1922), Europa I., Mozambique Straits, collected A. Voeltzkow, 1905. Designated by Mertens (1967).
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy: MAUSFELD et al (2002) did not distinguish between subspecies of comorensis, nor did they mention infralineata, so this “species” may be synonymous to M. (= Euprepis) comorensis (as suggested in the type catalogue of the SMF). M. maculilabris infralineata nests within T. maculilabris in the molecular tree of Rocha et al. 2010, so we preliminarily treat it as synonym of M. maculilabris. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	Boettger, O. 1913. Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas. Pp. 269-375. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Systematische Arbeiten. Schweizerbart’ sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele und Sproesser, Stuttgart - get paper here Brygoo E. R., 1981. Systematique des Lezards Scincides de la region malgache VIII. Les Mabuya des iles de l'océan Indien occidental: Comores, Europa, Séchelles. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. Nat. 3: 911–930 Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here PROBST, J-M. 1999. Guide préliminaire des reptiles sédentaires de l’île de La Réunion et des îles éparses avec une liste des espèces migratrices et erratiques répertoriées depuis dix ans. Bull. Phaethon, 10 : 60-94. Rocha, Sara; Carretero, Miguel A.; Harris, D. James 2010. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Mabuya spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Indian Ocean islands. Amphibia-Reptilia 31: 375-385 - get paper here SANCHEZ, Mickaël & Jean-Michel PROBST 2015. L’herpétofaune terrestre de l’île d’Europa (Océan Indien, Canal du Mozambique) : synthèse des connaissances et nouvelles données sur la répartition et l’écologie des espèces en vue de leur conservation. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 156: 63-76 Sanchez, Mickaël; Arthur Choeur, Florent Bignon, and Alexandre Laubin 2019. Reptiles of the Iles Eparses, Indian Ocean: Inventory, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Herp. Conserv. Biology 14 (2): - 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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