Trachylepis hildebrandtii explained

Trachylepis hildebrandtii, also known commonly as Hildebrandt's mabuya and Hildebrandt’s skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

T. hidebrandtii is named after Johann Maria Hildebrandt, who was a German botanist and explorer.^[1]

Geographic range

T. hildebrandtii is found in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. hildebrndtii are savanna and shrubland.

Behavior

T. hildebrandtii is terrestrial.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. hildebrandtii is unknown.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1892). "On some Reptiles collected by Sig. L. Bricchetti Robecchi [sic] in Somaliland". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 12: 5–15 + Plate I. (Mabuia hildebrandtii, new combination, p. 12).
• Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
• Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptile of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale.694 pp. . (Mabuya hildebrandtii, p. 390).
• Peters W (1874). "Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus)". Monatsberichte der Königlich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 368–377. (Euprepes hidebrandtii, new species, pp. 372–373 + Figures 4, 4a, 4b on p. 377). (in German).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]