Böhme's grass skink (Trachylepis boehmei) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia. It was first described in 2020.
Etymology
The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German Herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.
Description
Small for its genus, T. boehmei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , and a tail length of about 1.3 times SVL, which is relatively short for the genus.
Reproduction
T. boehmei is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading
Koppetsch T (2020). "A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from The Amhara Region, Ethiopia, and a key to the Ethiopian Trachylepis ". Zootaxa 4859 (1): 113–126. (Trachylepis boehmei, new species).