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Brachymeles boulengeri

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Species of lizard

Boulenger's short-legged skink
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Brachymeles
Species: B. boulengeri
Binomial name
Brachymeles boulengeri
Taylor, 1922
Synonyms
  • Brachymeles boulengeri
    Taylor, 1922
  • Brachymeles gracilis boulengeri
    — W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967
  • Brachymeles boulengeri
    — W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1980

Brachymeles boulengeri, Boulenger's short-legged skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.

Geographic range

In the Philippines, B. boulengeri is found in Bohol, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Polillo, and Visayas.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. boulengeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

Description

The holotype of B. boulengeri has a snout-to-vent length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and a tail length of 9 cm (3.5 in). Dorsally, it is brown; ventrally, it is yellow-brown. All four legs are small, each with five toes.

Behavior

B. boulengeri is terrestrial and fossorial, living in leaf litter and under rotten logs.

Reproduction

B. boulengeri is viviparous.

References

  1. ^ Gonzalez JC, Diesmos A (2009). "Brachymeles boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009 https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169752A6669355.en.
  2. ^ Brachymeles boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Brachymeles boulengeri, p. 35).
  4. Taylor EH (1922).

Further reading

  • Brown WC, Rabor DS (1967). "Review of the Genus Brachymeles (Sauria), with Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 34: 525–548. (Brachymeles gracilis boulengeri, new combination, pp. 537–540).
  • Taylor EH (1922). The Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. Publication No. 17. 269 pp. + Plates 1–22. (Brachymeles boulengeri, new species, pp. 246–247, Figure 46 + Plate 22, figure 2).).


Taxon identifiers
Brachymeles boulengeri


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