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Trachylepis boulengeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. boulengeri
Binomial name
Trachylepis boulengeri (Sternfeld, 1911)
Synonyms
Mabuia boulengeri Sternfeld, 1911 Mabuya maculilabris boulengeri — Loveridge, 1953 Mabuya boulengeri — Broadley, 1974 Euprepis boulengeri — Mausfeld et al., 2000 Trachylepis boulengeri — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis boulengeri, also known commonly as Boulenger's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to southeastern Africa.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

T. boulengeri is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. boulengeri are shrubland and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).

Behavior

T. boulengeri is diurnal, and it is both arboreal and terrestrial.

Diet

T. boulengeri preys upon insects and spiders.

Reproduction

T. boulengeri is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Wagner, P.; Branch, W.R.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Trachylepis boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44979405A44979414. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T44979405A44979414.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ Trachylepis boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. 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 boulengeri, p. 34).

Further reading

• Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis boulengeri, new combination).
• Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Trachylepis boulengeri, p. 135).
• Sternfeld R (1911). "Zur Reptilienfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 244–251. (Mabuia boulengeri, new species, pp. 248–249). (in German).

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