Lubuya Explained

Lubuya is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Lubuya ivensii, known commonly as Ivens' skink, Ivens's skink, Ivens's water skink, or the meadow skink, which is native to Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, ivensii, is in honor of Portuguese explorer Roberto Ivens.^[1]

Geographic range

L. ivensii is found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, and northwestern Zambia.

Reproduction

L. ivensii is viviparous.

Further reading

• Bocage JVB du (1879). "Reptiles et batraciens nouveaux d'Angola ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 7: 97–99. (Euprepes ivensii, new species, pp. 97–98). (in French).
• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Mabuia ivensii, p. 197).
• Horton DR (1972). "A New Scincid Genus from Angola". Journal of Herpetology 6 (1): 17–20. (Lubuya, new genus; L. ivensii, new combination).

Notes and References

1. [Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]