Mochlus tanae, also known commonly as Loveridge's writhing skink or the Tana River writhing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to East Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Mochlus |
| Species: | M. tanae
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| Binomial name | |
| Mochlus tanae (Loveridge, 1935)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, tanae refers to the Tana River of Kenya.[3]
Geographic range
editReproduction
editM. tanae is viviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Malonza, P.; Msuya, C.A.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Mochlus tanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T14669350A14669392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T14669350A14669392.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Mochlus tanae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 April 2020.
- ^ 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. (Lygosoma tanae, p. 260).
Further reading
edit- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and Reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Lygosoma tanae, new combination).
- Loveridge A (1935). "Scientific Results of an Expedition to Rain Forest Regions in Eastern Africa. I. New Reptiles and Amphibians from East Africa". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 79 (1): 1–19. (Riopa tanae, new species, pp. 11–12).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Mochlus tanae, new combination, p. 155).
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