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Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1181695

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2022

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Autarchoglossa
	Family	Scincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks
	Subfamily	Mabuyinae Mittleman, 1952
	Genus	Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843
		Direct Children:
	Species	Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters, 1862) – Wedge-snouted Skink, Sharp-lipped Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis adamastor Ceríaco, 2015 – Adamastor Skink
	Species	Trachylepis affinis (Gray, 1838) – Senegal Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis albilabris (Hallowell, 1857) – Guinea Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis albotaeniata (Boettger, 1913) – Pemba Island Skink
	Species	Trachylepis atlantica (Schmidt, 1945)
	Species	Trachylepis aureogularis (Müller, 1885) – Guinea Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis aureopunctata (Grandidier, 1867) – Gold-spotted Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis bayonii (Bocage, 1872) – Bayaõ's Skink, Bayon's Mabuya, Bayon's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis bensonii (Peters, 1867) – Benson's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis betsileana (Mocquard, 1906) – Betsileo Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis binotata (Bocage, 1867) – Ovambo Tree Skink, Bocage's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis bocagii (Boulenger, 1887) – Bocage's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis boehmei Koppetsch, 2020 – Böhme's Grass Skink
	Species	Trachylepis boettgeri (Boulenger, 1887) – Boettger's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis boulengeri (Sternfeld, 1911) – Boulenger's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis brauni (Tornier, 1902) – Braun's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis brevicollis (Wiegmann, 1837) – Short-necked Skink, Sudan Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis buettneri (Matschie, 1893)
	Species	Trachylepis capensis (Gray, 1831) – Cape Skink, Cape Three-lined Skink
	Species	Trachylepis casuarinae (Broadley, 1974) – Casuarina Island Skink
	Species	Trachylepis chimbana (Boulenger, 1887) – Chimba Skink, Chimban Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis comorensis (Peters, 1854)
	Species	Trachylepis cristinae Sindaco, Metallinou, Pupin, Fasola and Carranza, 2012 – Abd Al Kuri Skink
	Species	Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870) – Damara Skink, Kalahari Variable Skink
	Species	Trachylepis depressa (Peters, 1854) – Eastern Sand Skink
	Species	Trachylepis dichroma Günther, Whiting and Bauer, 2005 – Two-coloured Skink
	Species	Trachylepis dumasi (Nussbaum and Raxworthy, 1995)
	Species	Trachylepis elegans (Peters, 1854) – Elegant Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis ferrarai (Lanza, 1978) – Ferrara's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis gonwouoi Allen, Tapondjou, Welton and Bauer, 2017 – Gonwouo's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis gravenhorstii (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Gravenhorst's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis hemmingi (Gans, Laurent and Pandit, 1965) – Somali Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis hildebrandtii (Peters, 1874) – Hildebrandt's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis hoeschi (Mertens, 1954) – Hoesch's Mabuya, Hoesch's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis homalocephala (Wiegmann, 1828) – Red-Sided Skink
	Species	Trachylepis infralineata (Boettger, 1913)
	Species	Trachylepis irregularis (Lönnberg, 1922) – Alpine Meadow Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis keroanensis (Chabanaud, 1921) – Teita Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis lacertiformis (Peters, 1854) – Bronze Rock Skink
	Species	Trachylepis laevigata (Peters, 1869) – Variable Skink
	Species	Trachylepis laevis (Boulenger, 1907) – Angolan Blue-tailed Skink
	Species	Trachylepis langheldi (Sternfeld, 1917) – Langheld's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis lavarambo (Nussbaum and Raxworthy, 1998)
	Species	Trachylepis loluiensis Kingdon and Spawls, 2010 – Loloui Island Skink
	Species	Trachylepis maculata (Gray, 1839) – Spotted Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) – Speckle-lipped Mabuya, Speckled-lipped Skink
	Species	Trachylepis madagascariensis (Mocquard, 1908) – Malagasy Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis makolowodei Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz and Lebreton, 2008 – Makolowodé's Trachylepis
	Species	Trachylepis margaritifera (Peters, 1854) – Rainbow Skink
	Species	Trachylepis megalura (Peters, 1878) – Grass Skink, Grass-top Skink, Long-tailed Skink
	Species	Trachylepis mekuana (Chirio and Ineich, 2000)
	Species	Trachylepis mlanjensis (Loveridge, 1953) – Mulanje Skink
	Species	Trachylepis monardi Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn and Bauer, 2018 – Monard's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis nancycoutuae (Nussbaum and Raxworthy, 1998)
	Species	Trachylepis nganghae Ineich and Chirio, 2004
	Species	Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867) – Western Three-striped Skink
	Species	Trachylepis ozorii (Bocage, 1893)
	Species	Trachylepis paucisquamis (Hoogmoed, 1978) – Tropical Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis pendeana (Ineich and Chirio, 2000)
	Species	Trachylepis perrotetii (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Teita Mabuya, African Red-sided Skink
	Species	Trachylepis planifrons (Peters, 1878) – Tree Skink
	Species	Trachylepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903) – Tropical Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis pulcherrima (De Witte, 1953) – Beautiful Skink
	Species	Trachylepis punctatissima (Smith, 1849) – Speckled Rock Skink, Montane Speckled Skink
	Species	Trachylepis punctulata (Bocage, 1872) – Speckled Skink, Speckled Sand Skink
	Species	Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823) – African Five-lined Skink, Rainbow Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis raymondlaurenti Marques, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Pauwels and Bauer, 2019 – Laurent's Long Tailed Skink
	Species	Trachylepis rodenburgi (Hoogmoed, 1974) – Rodenburg's Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis sechellensis (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Seychelles Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis socotrana (Peters, 1882) – Socotra Skink
	Species	Trachylepis sparsa (Mertens, 1954) – Karasburg Tree Skink
	Species	Trachylepis spilogaster (Peters, 1882) – Kalahari Tree Skink, Spiny Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis striata (Peters, 1844) – Striped Skink, African Striped Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867) – Western Rock Skink
	Species	Trachylepis tandrefana (Nussbaum, Raxworthy and Ramanamanjato, 1999)
	Species	Trachylepis tavaratra (Ramanamanjato, Nussbaum and Raxworthy, 1999)
	Species	Trachylepis tessellata (Anderson, 1895) – Tessellated Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis thomensis Ceríaco, Marques and Bauer, 2016
	Species	Trachylepis varia (Peters, 1867) – Variable Skink
	Species	Trachylepis variegata (Peters, 1870) – Variegated Skink
	Species	Trachylepis vato (Nussbaum and Raxworthy, 1994) – Boulder Mabuya
	Species	Trachylepis vezo (Ramanamanjato, Nussbaum and Raxworthy, 1999)
	Species	Trachylepis volamenaloha (Nussbaum, Raxworthy and Ramanamanjato, 1999)
	Species	Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, 1870) – Wahlberg's Striped Skink
	Species	Trachylepis wingati (Werner, 1908) – Wingate's Skink
	Species	Trachylepis wrightii (Boulenger, 1887) – Wright's Mabuya

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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)
	Acquired:	2002
	Notes:	Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022
	Reference for:	Trachylepis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Applegarth, J. S.
	Publication Date:	1983
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	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition
	Page(s):	54
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