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True Fire Skink
Mochlus fernandi (Burton, 1836)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Squamata - lizards and snakes »  family Scincidae - skinks »  genus Mochlus

Scientific synonyms

Tiliqua fernandi Burton, 1836
Riopa fernandi (Burton, 1836)
Lygosoma fernandi (Burton, 1836)
Lepidothyris fernandi (Burton, 1836)

Other names

= Fernand's Skink

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

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juvenile animal

Mochlus fernandi - True Fire Skink

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Taxon in country check-lists

Africa: Benin?, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Togo?
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Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Mochlus fernandi fernandi (Burton, 1836)
subspecies Mochlus fernandi harlani (Hallowell, 1845)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [13152763]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Mochlus fernandi (Burton, 1836)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Reptile Database - Search [genus=Lepidothyris&species=fernandi]

Reptile Database - Search [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/] [as Lepidothyris fernandi (BURTON, 1836)]
Data retrieved on: 20 August 2018
DE Zootier-Lexikon [2466:feuerskink-riopa-fernandi&Itemid=179]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
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