Bojer's skink

Bojers Skink ( Gongylomorphus bojerii )

Bojers Skink ( Gongylomorphus bojerii ) is a rare Skinkart that occurs on Mauritius, round Iceland and some other offshore islands. The specific epithet honors the Bohemian- Mauritian naturalist and botanist Wenceslas Boii.

Features

Bojers Skink reached a total length of 110 millimeters; Attributable to the head 11 millimeters, 39 millimeters on the fuselage and on the tail 60 mm. The length of the front legs is 12 millimeters and the rear limbs 18 millimeters. The legs are well developed. The front and hind feet have five toes.

The snout is blunt and barely protrudes out over the edge of the lip plate. The eyes are moderate. The lower eyelid has an undivided transparent disk. The slot of the eye opening is horizontal.

The top is bronzeoliv. The back is either monochrome or has small black spots on. Frequently a black side line can be seen. Rückenseitlich runs a light stripe that starts at the canthus. The sides are marbled black or black. The underside is whitish. The throat is usually greenish.

Squamation

The upper nose shields form a center seam. There is a back nose plate between the upper nose shields and the first lip plate. The face shield is more than twice as long as the forehead, nose and intermediate plate, which is emarginate on each side by the first transfer eye shield. There are two widely-spaced front end shields. The number of supraorbital shields shall be four; the number of eyebrow shields six or seven. The intermediate crown plate is slightly wider than the apex plate, but narrower than the front plate. The fifth upper lip plate collides with the upper edge of the eye. To the midsection run 38 scale rows.

Dissemination

Bojers Skink inhabits the Mauritius islands Ilot Vacoas, round Iceland, Iceland Serpent, Ilot Gabriel, Pigeon Rock Flat Iceland, Gunner's Quoin, Ile aux Aigrettes and the Ile de la Passe. In the Black River Gorges National Park in Mauritius, he was wild.

Status

Above all, mongoose, wolf tooth snakes, and musk shrews have contributed to the decline of the Bojers Skink. Thanks to the efforts of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation invasive predators could have been eliminated from the former habitats of Gongylomorphus bojerii. In addition, the Gerald Durrell Endemic Wildlife Sanctuary was established in the Black River Gorges National Park on the mainland of Mauritius, where could be increased through captive breeding and reintroduction programs of the existence of the skinks.