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Trachylepis laevigata (PETERS, 1869)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Variable skink 
SynonymEuprepes (Mabuya) laevigatus PETERS 1869: 434
Trachylepis laevigata —WEINELL & BAUER 2017
Trachylepis laevigata — STANDER 2023: 221 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Limpopo: Waterberg Massif)

Type locality: "Gerlachshoop" [northern Limpopo Province, South Africa, 25.2° S, 29.4° E]  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesSynype: ZMB 6224 
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CommentSynonymy: has been considered as a synonym of T. varia by most previous authors but resurrected byWEINELL & BAUER 2017.

Distribution: for a map see Stephens et al. 2022: Fig. 2 and Fig. 5.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin noun “laevigatus”, smooth. 
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
  • Stander, R.I. 2023. The Reptiles of the Limpopo Province and Kruger National Park. Herp Nomad, Polokwane, South Africa, 367 pp. - 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
  • Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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 - get paper here
 
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