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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesTrachylepis perrotetii perrotetii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839
Trachylepis perrotetii upembae (DE WITTE 1953) 
Common NamesE: Teita Mabuya, AFRICAN RED-SIDED SKINK 
SynonymEuprepes Perrotetii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 669
Euprepes (Euprepis) pleurostictus PETERS 1864: 52
Euprepes Perrottetii — BOCAGE 1866: 44
Mabuia perroteti — TORNIER 1901 (part.)
Mabuia mongallensis WERNER 1908: 1850
Mabuia albilabris — CHABANAUD 1917 (part.)
Mabuia breviparietalis CHABANAUD 1917: 95
Mabuia perroteti — STERNFELD 1917
Mabuya perrotetti — SCHMIDT 1919: 540 (fide BROADLEY)
Mabuia perroteti mongallensis — WERNER 1919: 490 (?)
Mabuya perroteti spatzi AHL 1933: 327
Mabuia perrotetii— MONARD 1940: 163
Mabuia guineensis— MONARD 1940: 164
Mabuya perrotetii — PAPENFUSS 1969: 272
Mabuya perrotetii — HOOGMOED 1974: 34
Mabuya perroteti — BÖHME 1978
Mabuia breviparietalis — BRYGOO 1985: 19
Mabuya perrotetii — GREER et al. 2000
Euprepis perrotetii — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Euprepis breviparietalis — MAUSFELD & SCHMITZ 2003
Trachylepis breviparietalis — BAUER 2003 (by implication)
Mabuya perrotetii — BAUER et al. 2003
Trachylepis perrotetii — BAUER 2003
Trachylepis perrotetii — ALLEN et al. 2017
Trachylepis perrotetii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 144
Trachylepis perrotetti — WEINELL et al. 2019 (in error)
Trachylepis perrotetti — MUSAH et al. 2019 (in error)
Trachylepis perrotetti — BEHANGANA et al. 2020 (in error)
Trachylepis perroteti — SPAWLS et al. 2023

Trachylepis perrotetii upembae (DE WITTE 1953)
Mabuya perroteti upembae DE WITTE 1953: 100
Trachylepis perrotetii upembae — BAUER 2003
Trachylepis upembae — BROADLEY & COTTERILL 2004
Trachylepis perroteti upembae — BÖHME 2014: 155
Trachylepis perrotetti upembae — WEINELL et al. 2019 (in error) 
DistributionMauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea (Conakry), Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, N N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Mali, Chad, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS)

breviparietalis: Sénégal ?; Type locality: “Sénégal: Koldé”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2928 (2771), Senegal, collected Perrotet. Previous version of the BMNH online catalogue also gave BMNH 1946.8.4.97.
Holotype: NMW [mongallensis]
Holotype: MNHN 1917.13 [breviparietalis]
Holotype: ZMB 404 [Euprepes pleurostictus]
Holotype: IRSNB type 2.260, Munoi, Upemba National Park, Zaire, collected G.F. de Witte, 11-15.vi.1948 [upembae] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (41 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after HOOGMOED 194. M. breviparietalis is a synonym of Trachylepis perroteti, fide J.F. Trape (pers. comm., 29. Sep 2014). Trape et al. 2012 believe that Mabuia guineensis MONARD 1940 are actually juvenile Trachylepis perroteti.

Distribution: Chad, Sudan after L. Chirio (and MNHN, 5 April 2012).

Distribution (breviparietalis): There is no “Koldé, Senegal” in Google Maps, but there is a town called Kolda.

Habitat: terrestrial 
EtymologyNamed after Gustave Samuel Perrotet (1793-1867), an explorer and collector. He was the naturalist (1819) on board the Rhône. 
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