Trachylepis volamenaloha (NUSSBAUM, RAXWORTHY & RAMANAMANJATO, 1999)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Mabuya volamenaloha NUSSBAUM, RAXWORTHY & RAMANAMANJATO 1999 Euprepis volamenaloha — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003 Trachylepis volamenaloha — BAUER 2003 |
Distribution | Madagascar
Type locality: Andranopasasy, Bemaraha Reserve 18° 42.48’ S, 44° 42.98’ E, elevation 120 m., Antsalova Fivondronana, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
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Types | Holotype: UMMZ 221189 |
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Comment | The name comes from the Malagasy for gold or coppery color (volamena) and head (loha). |
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- BORA, PARFAIT; J. CHRISTIAN RANDRIANANTOANDRO, ROMA RANDRIANAVELONA, ELISOA F. HANTALALAINA, RAPHALI R. ANDRIANTSIMANARILAFY, DANIEL RAKOTONDRAVONY, OLGA R. RAMILIJAONA, MIGUEL VENCES, RICHARD K. B. JENKINS, FRANK GLAW, AND JÖRN KÖHLER 2010. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE TSINGY DE BEMARAHA PLATEAU, WESTERN MADAGASCAR: CHECKLIST, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (1): 111-125
- 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.; Christopher J. Raxworthy & Jean B. RAMANAMANJATO 1999. Additional species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Western Madagascar. Journal of Herpetology 33 (2): 264-280 - get paper here
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