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Trachylepis lacertiformis (PETERS, 1854)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bronze Rock Skink 
SynonymEuprepes lacertiformes PETERS 1854: 618
Mabuya damarana FITZSIMONS 1943: 224 (not PETERS) (part.)
Mabuya lacertiformis — LOVERIDGE 1953: 201
Mabuya damarana rhodesiana BROADLEY 1960: 435
Mabuya longiloba rhodesiana — BROADLEY 1962
Mabuya lacertiformis — GREER et al. 2000
Euprepis lacertiformis — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Trachylepis lacertiformis — BAUER 2003
Trachylepis cf. lacertiformis — MARQUES et al. 2018 
DistributionE Zimbabwe (Lower Zambezi River valley), S Lake Malawi, Mozambique (Tete district).

Type locality: “Tette” [Mozambique]; “Boror [considered to be in error for Tete, Mozambique] fide BROADLEY 2000.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: lost, formerly ZMB 5523 (4 specimens). Lost fide Bauer et al. (2003). 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentDistribution: Not in Angola fide Ceriaco et al. 2024 (revision Angolan Trachylepis). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin lacerta, a lizard, and Latin formis = form, figure, appearance, for the lizard-like appearance of this skink. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • Broadley, D. G. 1974. A review of the Mabuya lacertiformis complex in southern Africa. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) (ser. 7) 18: 1-16
  • Broadley, D.G. 1960. Sauria, Scincidae: Mabuya damarana rhodesiana. Occ. Pap. Natn. Mus. S. Rhod. (Ser. B.) 3: 435-436
  • Broadley, D.G. 1960. Sauria, Cordylidae: Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus anselli n. subsp. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 24 (B): 433-434
  • Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843
  • 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
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Greer, A.E., Arnold, C. & Arnold, E.N. 2000. The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (1): 121-126 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1953. Zoological Results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. III. Reptiles from Nyasaland and Tete. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 110 (3): 142-322. - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 614-628
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
  • Weinell, J.L., Bauer, A.M. 2017. Systematics and phylogeography of the widely distributed African skink Trachylepis varia species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
  • Wyk, Kurt M van; Bryan Maritz & Bruce W Clegg 2025. Distribution and status of reptile species in south-eastern Zimbabwe. African Journal of Herpetology, 74:2, 210-270, - get paper here
 
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