Trachylepis wahlbergii | |
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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 (
W. Peters, 1870)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Trachylepis wahlbergii, also known commonly as Wahlberg's striped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southern Africa.
Trachylepis wahlbergii has been considered a subspecies of Trachylepis striata. Whether T. wahlbergii is truly distinct from T. striata is not fully settled. [1]
T. wahlbergii occurs in southern Angola, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, western Mozambique, Zambia, and northern, western and southern Zimbabwe. [1]
The specific name, wahlbergi, is in honour of Swedish Naturalist Johan August Wahlberg. [2]
T. wahlbergii is viviparous. [1]