Trachylepis ozorii
| Trachylepis ozorii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Trachylepis |
| Species: | T. ozorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachylepis ozorii | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
Trachylepis ozorii is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Annobón in Equatorial Guinea.[2]
Taxonomy
The species Trachylepis ozorii was originally described and named Mabuia ozorii by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1893.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, ozorii, is in honor of Portuguese ichthyologist and naturalist Balthazar Osorio (1855–1926).[4]
References
- ↑ Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Trachylepis ozorii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T95792220A95792257.en. Accessed on 24 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Trachylepis ozorii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-03-01.
- 1 2 Barbosa du Bocage JV (1893). "Diagnoses de deux nouveaux reptiles de l'île de Anno-Bom" Jornal de Sciências, Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisbõa, Segunda Série [Second Series] 3: 47-48. ("Mabuia Ozorii ", new species, p. 47). (in French).
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011) The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya ozorii, p. 198).
Further reading
- Jesus, José; Harris, D. James; Brehm, António (2005). "Relationships of scincid lizards (Mabuya spp.) from the islands of the Gulf of Guinea based on mtDNA sequence data". Amphibia-Reptilia 26 (4): 467–473.
- Ceríaco, Luis M.P.; Marques, Mariana P.; Bauer, Aaron M (2016). "A review of the genus Trachylepis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Gulf of Guinea, with descriptions of two new species in the Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) species complex". Zootaxa 4109 (3): 284–314.
External links
Data related to Trachylepis ozorii at Wikispecies