Trachylepis brauni, also known commonly as Braun's mabuya and the Ukinga montane skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania and Malawi.
Etymology The specific name, brauni, is in honor of German zoologist Rudolf H. Braun (born 1908).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Trachylepis brauni, p. 37).
Geographic range T. brauni is found in the Southern Highlands in Tanzania and in the Nyika Plateau in Malawi.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of T. brauni are grassland and savanna, at altitudes of .
Reproduction T. brauni is viviparous.
References
Further reading Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. . (Trachylepis brauni, p. 136). Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 15: 578–590. (Mabuia brauni, new species, pp. 585–586). (in German).