Trachylepis brauni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species: Trachylepis brauni

Name

Trachylepis brauni (Tornier, 1902)

• Holotype: ZMB 17109, collected by F. Fülleborn (Nyassa- und Kingagebirgs Expedition) between 1899–1900.
• Type locality: “Abhänge des Kinga-Gebirges [=Kipengere Range]”, Tanzania.

Combinations

• Mabuia brauni Tornier, 1902: 585 [orginal combination]
• Mabuya varia brauni — Loveridge, 1957 [subsequent combination]
• Euprepis brauni — Mausfeld, Schmitz, Böhme, Misof, Vrcibradic & Rocha, 2002 [subsequent combination by implication]
• Trachylepis brauni — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination by implication]

References

Primary references

• Tornier, G. 1902. Herpetologisch neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 15(2): 578–590. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trachylepis brauni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 October 2018.
• Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L., Msuya, C.A., Ngalason, W. & Howell, K. 2020. IUCN: Trachylepis brauni  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44979420A44979444. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979420A44979444.en. Accessed on 21 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Ukinga Mountain Skink