• Source: Mochlus

Mochlus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.




Description


Skinks of the genus Mochlus are cylindrical in shape and robust. They get the common name "writhing skinks" from the side-to-side movement that they make when held in the hand.




Diet


Skinks in the genus Mochlus feed on insects and millipedes.




Species


The following 19 species are recognized as being valid.

Mochlus brevicaudis (Greer, Grandison & Barbault, 1985)
Mochlus fernandi (Burton, 1836) – fire skink
Mochlus grandisonianus Lanza & Carfi, 1966 – Lanza's writhing skink
Mochlus guineensis (W. Peters, 1879) – Guinean forest skink
Mochlus hinkeli Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz, 2009 – Hinkel's red-sided skink, Hinkel's red-flanked skink
Mochlus laeviceps (W. Peters, 1874) – common writhing skink
Mochlus lanceolatus Broadley, 1990 – Broadley's writhing skink
Mochlus mabuiiformis (Loveridge, 1935) – Mabuya-like writhing skink
Mochlus mafianus (Broadley, 1994) – mafia writhing skink
Mochlus mocquardi (Chabanaud, 1917) – Mocquard's writhing skink
Mochlus paedocarinatus Lanza & Carfi, 1968 – Lanza's writhing skink, Abyssinian writhing skink
Mochlus pembanus Boettger, 1913 – Pemba Island writhing skink
Mochlus productus (Boulenger, 1909) – Boulenger's writhing skink
Mochlus simonettai (Lanza, 1979) – Simonetta's writhing skink
Mochlus somalicus (Parker, 1942) – Somali writhing skink
Mochlus striatus (Hallowell, 1854)
Mochlus sundevallii (A. Smith, 1849) – Sundevall's writhing skink
Mochlus tanae (Loveridge, 1935) – Loveridge's writhing skink, Tana River writhing skink
Mochlus vinciguerrae (Parker, 1932) – Vinciguerra's writhing skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mochlus.




References






Further reading


Günther A (1864). "Report on a Collection of Reptiles and Fishes made by Dr. Kirk in the Zambesi and Nyassa Regions". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 303–314. (Mochlus, new genus, p. 308).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mengkarung
• Mochlus
• Fire skink
• Lygosoma
• Mochlus tanae
• Mochlus hinkeli
• Mochlus lanceolatus
• Mochlus pembanus
• Mochlus laeviceps
• Mochlus guineensis
• Mochlus grandisonianus