Trachylepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903)
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https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2024.2421007 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15634399 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787B8-FF9E-B73E-FF71-32B7FC9E9E63 |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Trachylepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903) |
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Trachylepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903) View in CoL
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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Mayombe NP, Mbundu; –4.6875, 12.4981; 127 m a.s.l.; FKH 1270 ; GenBank: PQ456023 GoogleMaps .
Identification. A medium-sized skink (max. SVL = 96 mm). Dorsum brown with dark wavy transverse stripes and two black lateral bands running from the snout to the tail, bordered ventro-laterally by a white to yellow stripe. Venter bluish, becoming yellow on the throat. The specimen reported here differs by 1.8% (16S p -distance) from specimens collected near the type locality at Monts Doudou , Gabon (GenBank: KY683558 View Materials ).
Biology and distribution. The species is typically associated with the great Central African forest block, where the species can be found on the leaf litter, dead trees and roots on soil and dead tree trunks ( Chirio et al. 2008). This record represents the first country record for the species. The collected specimen was found active on a rotten trunk of a fallen tree on the forest floor, in Lower Mayombe.
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