Trachylepis monardi

Trachylepis monardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. monardi
Binomial name
	Trachylepis monardi; (Monard, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
	Mabuya striata angolensis Monard 1937 ; Mabuya angolensis – Welch 1982: 83 ; Euprepis angolensis – Mausfeld et al. 2002 ; Trachylepis angolensis – Bauer 2003 ; Trachylepis monardi – Marques et al. 2018: 265 (nom. nov.) ;

Monard’s skink (Trachylepis monardi) is a species of skink. It is endemic to Angola. It is named after Albert Monard, the original species descriptor; the current name is a replacement name to solve secondary homonymy with Euprepis angolensis Bocage, 1872 [=Trachylepis varia (Peters, 1867)].[1]

References

Trachylepis monardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 November 2019.

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[RDB-1] Trachylepis monardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 November 2019.