Lubuya is a genus of , in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Lubuya ivensii, known Common name as Ivens' skink, Ivens's skink, Ivens's water skink, or the meadow skink, which is native to Southern Africa.
Etymology
The specific name,
ivensii, is in honor of Portuguese explorer
Roberto Ivens.
[Bo Beolens; Watkins, Michael; Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ( Lubuya ivensii, p. 131).]
Geographic range
L. ivensii is found in
Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, and northwestern
Zambia.
Reproduction
L. ivensii is
Viviparity.
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Further reading
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Bocage JVB du (1879). " Reptiles et batraciens nouveaux d'Angola ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 7: 97–99. ( Euprepes ivensii, new species, pp. 97–98). (in French).
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Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. ( Mabuia ivensii, p. 197).
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Horton DR (1972). "A New Scincid Genus from Angola". Journal of Herpetology 6 (1): 17–20. ( Lubuya, new genus; L. ivensii, new combination).
