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Trachylepis spilogaster (PETERS, 1882)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kalahari Tree Skink, Spiny Mabuya 
SynonymEuprepes (Euprepis) striatus var. spilogaster PETERS 1882: 68
Mabuya striata FITZSIMONS 1943: 229 (part.)
Mabuya striata spilogaster — MERTENS 1955: 80
Mabuya spilogaster — BROADLEY 1969: 11
Mabuya spilogaster — AUERBACH 1987: 107
Mabuya spilogaster — GREER et al. 2000
Euprepis spilogaster — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Mabuya spilogaster — WHITING et al. 2003
Trachylepis spilogaster — BAUER 2003
Mabuya spilogaster — COOPER 2005
Trachylepis cf. spilogaster — CONRADIE et al. 2016
Trachylepis spilogaster — LOBÓN-ROVIRA et al. 2022 
DistributionNamibia, Republic of South Africa (Kimberley in N Cape), W Botswana

Type locality: “Bei Otjimbingue im Hererolande (Westafrika)” [Namibia]  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, was ZMB (lost fide F. Tillack, pers. comm.) 
Diagnosis 
CommentNot explicitely mentioned in the Zoological Record of 1882. Types not located fide BAUER et al. 1995. Sympatric with M. sparsa on trees along the Nosop and Molopo Rivers and environs.

Distribution: for a map see Stephens et al. 2022: Fig. 1 and Fig. 4. Not in Angola fide Ceriaco et al. 2024 (revision Angolan Trachylepis). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek “spilos” = spotted, and Greek gaster = belly, venter. 
References
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  • Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8: 111-160 [2001]
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  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R. & Haacke, Wulf D. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia. Madoqua (Windhoek) 18 (2): 117-145. - get paper here
  • Branch, W. R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books (Sanibel Island, Florida), 399 pp.
  • Broadley, D.G. 1969. Two sympatric species of the Mabuya striata complex (Sauria: Scincidae) in the southern Kalahari. Koedoe 12: 11-14 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G. 2000. A review of the genus Mabuya in southeastern Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). African Journal of Herpetology, 49 (2): 87-110 - get paper here
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