Trachylepis wahlbergii

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]

Trachylepis wahlbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. wahlbergii
Binomial name
Trachylepis wahlbergii
(Peters, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euprepes Wahlbergii Peters, 1870
  • Mabuya ellenbergeri Chabanaud, 1917
  • Mabuya striata FitzSimons, 1943 (part)
  • Mabuya wahlbergi (Peters, 1870)
  • Trachylepis striata wahlbergi (Peters, 1869)

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]

gollark: I wonder if the stats are affected at all by breeding lots in quick succession or osmething.
gollark: ... and now a copper, this is ridiculous.
gollark: I somehow managed to catch two thunders *five minutes apart* just now.
gollark: Weird, desert is nearly empty.
gollark: It seems to have randomly become unsick anyway, so that's fine.

References
  1. Trachylepis wahlbergii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2020.
  2. 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).


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