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Trachylepis bayonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:

T. bayonii

Binomial name
Trachylepis bayonii

(Bocage, 1872)

Synonyms[2]
  • Euprepes bayonii
    Bocage, 1872
  • Mabuia bayonii
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Mabuya bayoni huilensis
    Laurent, 1964
  • Mabuya bayonii
    — Greer et al., 2000
  • Trachylepis bayonii
    — Bauer, 2003

Trachylepis bayonii, also known commonly as Bayão's skink, Bayon's mabuya, and Bayon's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Africa. There are two subspecies.

The specific name, bayonii, is in honor of Francisco Antonio Pinheiro Bayão, who was a Portuguese planter in Angola.[3]

T. bayonii is found in Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.[2]

The preferred natural habitats of T. bayonii are grassland and shrubland, at altitudes of 2,000–3,200 m (6,600–10,500 ft).[1]

T. bayonii is viviparous.[2]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trachylepis.

  1. ^ a b Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Trachylepis bayonii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178606A46112787. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178606/46112787. Downloaded on 19 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Trachylepis bayonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 September 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. (Trachylepis bayonii, p. 20).
  • Bocage JV (1872). "Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de Reptiles d'Afrique occidentale ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real de Sciencias de Lisboa 4: 72–82. (Euprepes bayonii, new species, p. 75). (in French).
  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Mabuia bayonii, new combination, p. 201).
  • Laurent RF (1964). "Reptiles et batraciens de l'Angola (troisième note) ". Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais, Museu do Dundo (Angola) (67): 1–165. (Mabuya bayoni huilensis, new subspecies, p. 67). (in French).
  • Loveridge A (1956). "A New Subgenus of Chamaeleo from Rhodesia and a New Race of Mabuya from Kenya Colony". Breviora (59): 1–4. (Mabuya bayonii keniensis, new subspecies, pp. 2–4).