Wright's skink explained
Wright's skink (Trachylepis wrightii), also known commonly as Wright's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Seychelles. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
The specific name, wrightii, is in honor of Irish naturalist Edward Perceval Wright.[1]
Geographic range
T. wrightii is found only in Seychelles.
Habitat
The natural habitats of T. wrightii are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Description
Large and heavy-bodied for its genus, T. wrightii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 14cm (06inches).
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of T. wrightii is unknown.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Trachylepis wrightii ilotensis
- Trachylepis wrightii wrightii
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III ... Scincidae ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. ("Mabuia [sic] wrightii ", new species, p. 162 + Plate VIII).
- Pawlowski S (2015). "Im Habitat des Wright Skinks Trachylepis wrightii (BOULENGER, 1887) auf Cousin ". Sauria 37 (1): 16–19. (in German).
- Rendahl H (1939). "Zur Herpetologie der Seychellen. 1. Reptilien ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 72: 255–328. (Mabuya wrightii ilotensis, new subspecies, p. 294). (in German).
Notes and References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Trachylepis wrightii, p. 290).
