Trachylepis hemmingi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species: Trachylepis hemmingi

Name

• Trachylepis hemmingi (Gans & Laurent in Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965)

Holotype: MCZ R-73116, ♀, collected by C.F. Hemming on 24 October 1961.

Type locality: “Taleh”, Somalia.

Combinations

• Mabuya hemmingi Gans & Laurent, 1965: 33 [original combination]
• Trachylepis hemmingi — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gans, C. & Laurent, R.F. 1965. Lizards. Pp. 25–46 in Gans, C., Laurent, R.F. & Pandit, H. (eds.). Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale Tervuren. Annales. 8th Série. Sciences zoologiques vol. 134. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Trachylepis hemmingi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Somali Mabuya