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Dumas' Mabuya
Trachylepis dumasi
Trachylepis dumasi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
From the article Trachylepis dumasi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A relatively small species for its genus, the maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of T. dumasi is 5.5 cm (2.2 in). Dorsally, the head, body, and tail are brown.
Range & habitat
The preferred natural habitats of T. dumasi are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of 100–250 m (330–820 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
In human culture
The specific name, dumasi, is in honor of American herpetologist Philip Conrad Dumas.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 38038.