Mochlus simonettai, also known as Simonetta's writhing skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.
Etymology The specific name, simonettai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Albert Mario Simonetta (born 1930).Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lygosoma simonettai, p. 244).
Geographic range M. simonettai is found in Afgooye District, Somalia.
Description M. simonettai may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about , with a tail slightly shorter than SVL.
References
Further reading Lanza B (1979). "Lygosoma simonettai, a new black-headed skink from Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 12 (4): 25–32. (Lygosoma simonettai, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).