Tetradactylus breyeri, commonly known as Breyer's long-tailed seps or Breyer's whip lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to South Africa.
Etymology The specific name, breyeri, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Hermann Gottfried Breyer.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Tetradactylus breyeri, p. 38).
Geographic range T. breyeri is found in the South African provinces of Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of T. breyeri is grassland, at altitudes of .
Description T. breyeri is snake-like, with short vestigial legs. There are two toes on each front foot, and one toe on each back foot. Maximum snout-to-vent length (SVL) is . The tail is very long, more than three times SVL.Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Tetradactylus breyeri, p. 182 + Plate 51).
Reproduction T. breyeri is oviparous. www.reptile-database.org. Clutch size is small, only one or two eggs laid in early summer.
References
Further reading Bates MF (1996). "Taxonomic status and distribution of the South African lizard Tetradactylus breyeri Roux (Gerrhosauridae)". South African Journal of Zoology 31 (4): 214–218. Berger-Dell'Mour HAE (1983). "Der Übergang von Echse zu Schleiche in der Gattung Tetradactylus, Merrem ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere. 110: 1–152. (in German). FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoirs No. 1. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. xvi + 528 pp. (Teteradactylus breyeri, p. 294). Roux J (1907). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Süd-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. VII. Lacertilia (Eidechsen) ". Zoologische Jarhrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 25: 403–444. (Tetradactylus breyeri, new species, pp. 430–431 + Plate 14, figure 6). (in German).