Trachylepis

Trachylepis sulcata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species (87): T. acutilabris – T. adamastor – T. affinis – T. albilabris – T. albotaeniata – T. atlantica – T. aureogularis – T. aureopunctata – T. bayonii – T. bensonii – T. betsileana – T. binotata – T. bocagii – T. boettgeri – T. boulengeri – T. brauni – T. brevicollis – T. buettneri – T. capensis – T. casuarinae – T. chimbana – T. comorensis – T. cristinae – T. damarana – T. depressa – T. dichroma – T. dumasi – T. elegans – T. ferrarai – T. gonwouoi – T. gravenhorstii – T. hemmingi – T. hildebrandtii – T. hoeschi – T. homalocephala – T. infralineata – T. irregularis – T. keroanensis – T. lacertiformis – T. laevigata – T. laevis – T. langheldi – T. lavarambo – T. loluiensis – T. maculata – T. maculilabris – T. madagascariensis – T. makolowodei – T. margaritifera – T. megalura – T. mekuana – T. mlanjensis – T. monardi – T. nancycoutuae – T. nganghae – T. occidentalis – T. ozorii – T. paucisquamis – T. pendeana – T. perrotetii – T. planifrons – T. polytropis – T. principensis – T. pulcherrima – T. punctatissima – T. punctulata – T. quinquetaeniata – T. raymondlaurenti – T. rodenburgi – T. sechellensis – T. socotrana – T. sparsa – T. spilogaster – T. striata – T. sulcata – T. tandrefana – T. tavaratra – T. tessellata – T. thomensis – T. tschudii – T. varia – T. variegata – T. vato – T. vezo – T. volamenaloha – T. wahlbergii – T. wingati – T. wrightii

Name

Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843: 22

Type species: Euprepes savignyi Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Sindaco, R. et al. 2012: Forgotten in the ocean: systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the Socotra Archipelago. Zoologica scripta 41(4): 346-362. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00540.x Reference page.

Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2015. Lost in the middle of the sea, found in the back of the shelf: A new giant species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Tinhosa Grande islet, Gulf of Guinea. Zootaxa 3973(3): 511–527. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.6. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2016. A review of the genus Trachylepis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Gulf of Guinea, with descriptions of two new species in the Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) species complex. Zootaxa 4109(3): 284–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.2. Reference page.

Allen, K.E., Tapondjou N., W.P., Welton, L.J. & Bauer, A.M. 2017. A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central Africa and a key to the Trachylepis of West and Central Africa. Zootaxa 4268(2): 255–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.5. Reference page.

Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Description of a new long-tailed skink (Scincidae: Trachylepis) from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 4568(1): 51–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.1.3. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Trachylepis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas
hts: Heyana-ko

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