Rediscovery and range extension of the Guinean skink Trachylepis keroanensis
Erscheinungsjahr:
2017
Vollständiger Titel:
Rediscovery and range extension of the Guinean skink Trachylepis keroanensis (Chabanaud, 1921) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae)
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Publiziert in:
Bonn zoological Bulletin
Publikationstyp:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Bibliographische Angaben:
Penner, J., Doumbia, J., Kouamé, N.G., Chirio, L., Sandberger-Loua, L., Böhme, W., Barej, M. F. (2017): Rediscovery and range extension of the Guinean skink Trachylepis keroanensis (Chabanaud, 1921) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). – Bonn zoological Bulletin 66 (1): 55–60.
Abstract:
We report the rediscovery of the skink Trachylepis keroanensis (Chabanaud, 1921) 90 years after its description. For the first time pictures of live specimens are shown and the known, now extended, distribution is presented. The clear morphological differences (body shape, colouration and most notably ratio tail length to body length) towards Trachylepis perrotetii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839), which justify the species status, are confirmed.
