Trachylepis volamenaloha NUSSBAUM, RAXWORTHY & RAMANAMANJATO, 1999

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Golden-headed skink
Synonym	Mabuya volamenaloha NUSSBAUM, RAXWORTHY & RAMANAMANJATO 1999: 273 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
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 221189, adult male; paratypes: UMMZ
Diagnosis
Comment	The name comes from the Malagasy for gold or coppery color (volamena) and head (loha).
Etymology	Named after Malagasy "volamenaloha" (pronounced voola mayna loo uh) = gold or coppery color (volamena) head (ohai), and head (loha), a noun in apposition.
References	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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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