Trachylepis wahlbergii
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Trachylepis |
Species: | T. wahlbergii
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Binomial name | |
Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, 1870)
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Trachylepis wahlbergii, also known as Wahlberg's striped skink, is a species of skink endemic to Southern Africa. Whether it is truly distinct from Trachylepis striata is not fully settled.[1]
Distribution
Trachylepis wahlbergii occurs in southern Angola, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Zambia, northern and western Zimbabwe, and western Mozambique.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, wahlbergi, is in honour of Swedish Naturalist Johan August Wahlberg.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Trachylepis wahlbergii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachylepis wahlbergii, p. 278).