Proscelotes eggeli

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| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Howell K, Beraduccii [sic] J, Ngalason W (2021). "Proscelotes eggeli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44978970A44978979.en. Accessed on 02 November 2022.

| genus = Proscelotes

| species = eggeli

| authority = (Tornier, 1902)

| synonyms = *Scelotes eggeli
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Proscelotes eggeli, also known commonly as the Usambara five-toed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.{{NRDB species|genus=Proscelotes |species=eggeli|accessdate=02 November 2022}}

Etymology

The specific name, eggeli, is in honor of a German army physician, "Dr. Eggel", who collected reptiles in Africa for Tornier.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}}. (Proscelotes eggeli, p. 81).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. eggeli is forest.

Reproduction

P. eggeli has been reported to be oviparous and ovoviviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A Check List of the Reptiles of Tanzania, with Synoptic Keys". Syntarsus 1: 1–70. (Proscelotes eggeli, new combination, p. 14).
  • Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 700–704. (Scelotes eggeli, new species, pp. 700–701). (in German).

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Category:Skinks of Africa

Category:Reptiles described in 1902

Category:Taxa named by Gustav Tornier

Category:Proscelotes

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