Trachylepis laevigata (PETERS, 1869)
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Variable skink |
| Synonym | Euprepes (Mabuya) laevigatus PETERS 1869: 434
Trachylepis laevigata — WEINELL & BAUER 2017 |
| Distribution | Republic of South Africa (Limpopo: Waterberg Massif)
Type locality: "Gerlachshoop" [northern Limpopo Province, South Africa, 25.2° S, 29.4° E]
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| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Synype: ZMB 6224 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Synonymy: has been considered as a synonym of T. varia by most previous authors but resurrected by WEINELL & BAUER 2017.
Distribution: for a map see Stephens et al. 2022: Fig. 2 and Fig. 5. |
| References |
- Peters,W.C.H. 1869. Über neue Gattungen und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, Tropidonotus). Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869: 432-447 - get paper here
- STEPHENS, KIRSTIN; GRAHAM J. ALEXANDER, BUYISILE G. MAKHUBO, NICOLAS S. TELFORD & KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY. 2022. Mistaken identity: challenges with specimen identification for morphologically conservative skinks (Trachylepis) leads to taxonomic error. African Journal of Herpetology 0(0): 1–18. - get paper here
- Tolley KA, Telford NS, Makhubo BG, Power RJ, Alexander GJ 2023. Filling the gap: Noteworthy herpetological discoveries in North West Province, South Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 101-116 - get paper here
- Weinell, J.L., Bauer, A.M. 2017. Systematics and phylogeography of the widely distributed African skink Trachylepis varia species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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