Trachylepis wahlbergii

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) ;

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]

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References

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).

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[RDB-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).