Lubuya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lubuya
Horton, 1972
Species:
L. ivensii
Binomial name
Lubuya ivensii
(Bocage, 1879)
Synonyms[2]
  • Euprepes ivensii
    Bocage, 1879
  • Mabuia ivensii
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Lygosoma ivensii
    — Bocage, 1895
  • Mabuya ivensii
    — Manaças, 1963
  • Lubuya ivensii
    — Horton, 1972
  • Euprepis ivensii
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis ivensii
    — Bauer, 2003
  • Lubuya ivensii
    — Conradie et al., 2016

Lubuya is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Lubuya ivensii, known commonly as Ivens's skink, Ivens's water skink, or the meadow skink, which is endemic to Southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, ivensii, is in honor of Portuguese explorer Roberto Ivens.[3]

Geographic range

L. ivensii is found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, and northwestern Zambia.[2]

Reproduction

L. ivensii is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Conradie, W.; Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N. (2020). "Lubuya ivensii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T120686710A120907468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T120686710A120907468.en.
  2. ^ a b c Lubuya ivensii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
  3. ^ 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. (Lubuya ivensii, p. 131).

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