title: Trachylepis buettneri
text: # Trachylepis buettneri
  
  Trachylepis buettneri is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa and West Africa.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, buettneri, is in honor of German botanist Oskar Alexander Richard Büttner.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  T. buettneri is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of T. buettneri is savanna.
  
  ## Description
  
  T. buettneri has a very long tail. The tail length may be four times the snout-to-vent length (SVL).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  T. buettneri is oviparous.
  
  