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The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family . The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa. It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus. Hunting a juvenile southern tree agama. The attempt was unsuccessful.
The African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata, formerly Mabuya quinquetaeniata), or rainbow mabuya, is a north-central African species of skink lizard.. T. margaritifera is another closely related skink species that is also called the "rainbow skink" (although it occurs primarily in Eastern Africa); T. margaritifera, overall, possesses more colourful, "rainbow"-like scales (as ...
Cape skink native to South Africa. Skinks are very specific in their habitat as some can depend on vegetation while others may depend on land and the soil. [18] As a family, skinks are cosmopolitan; species occur in a variety of habitats worldwide, apart from boreal and polar regions. Various species occur in ecosystems ranging from deserts and ...
Trachylepis striata, African striped skink, Kruger Park Trachylepis albilabris, Gabon. Trachylepis is a skink genus in the subfamily Mabuyinae found mainly in Africa.Its members were formerly included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya, and for some time in Euprepis.
Mochlus sundevallii, also known commonly as Peters' eyelid skink, Peters' writhing skink, and Sundevall's writhing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mochlus mabuiiformis (Loveridge, 1935) – Mabuya-like writhing skink; Mochlus mafianus (Broadley, 1994) – mafia writhing skink; Mochlus mocquardi (Chabanaud, 1917) – Mocquard's writhing skink [3] Mochlus paedocarinatus Lanza & Carfi, 1968 – Lanza's writhing skink, Abyssinian writhing skink; Mochlus pembanus Boettger, 1913 – Pemba ...
Trachylepis punctatissima, commonly called the montane speckled skink or speckled rock skink, is a lizard in the skink family (Scincidae) which is widespread in southern Africa. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The common and adaptable species occurs in a variety of habitat types at middle to high altitudes. [ 2 ]
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