Trachylepis quinquetaeniata ( Lichtenstein, 1823 )

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean-François, Afiademanyo, Komlan M., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain, David, Patrick, Meirte, Danny, Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, Petrozzi, Fabio & Luiselli, Luca, 2015, Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation, Zoosystema 37 (2), pp. 381-402 : 387

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scientific name	Trachylepis quinquetaeniata ( Lichtenstein, 1823 )
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Trachylepis quinquetaeniata ( Lichtenstein, 1823)

Scincus quinquetaeniatus Lichtenstein, 1823: 103 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 19 specimens: Togo. Agoé, coll. GHS-W 0231-0232, 0236-0237, 0281 and 0283 ; Dapaong, coll. JFT 2299; Huiléhoé, coll. JFT 2172; Mango, ZMB 16604 (2 specimens) ; Togblékopé, MNHN 2006.2234 About MNHN - 2241 About MNHN ; no precise locality, ZMB 16286 .

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is spread across all the five ecological zones of Togo. It is also relatively common in urban areas, e.g., in Lomé (Segniagbeto, unpublished observations). It was first cited to occur in Togo by Tornier (1901) for Mango, and for Atakpamé by Werner (1902). 860 specimens were exported from Togo in the years 2000-2005 according to the CITES Division of the Direction de la Faune et de Chasse of the Ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources forestières.

References

LICHTENSTEIN M. 1823. - Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Konigl. Universitat zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Saugethieren, Vogeln, Amphibien und Fischen. T. Trautwein, Berlin, x + 118 p.

TORNIER G. 1901. - Die Crocodile, Schildkroten und Eidechsen in Togo. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte (Beiheft) 1901: 65 - 88.

WERNER F. 1902. - Ueber westafrikanische Reptilien. Verhandlungen der Zoologischen Botanischen Gesellschaft Wien 52: 332 - 348.