Trachylepis hilariae CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER, 2024
Can you confirm these amateur observations of Trachylepis hilariae?
Trachylepis hilariae
We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: 
| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hilária’s Skink P: “Lagartixa de Hilária Valério |
| Synonym | Trachylepis hilariae CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER 2024: 66 Trachylepis punctulata — CERÍACO et al. 2016b: 31 [part] |
| Distribution | Angola Type locality: Tombwa dunes, Namibe Province [-16.2776°, 11.8224°, 11 m] |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 254775, An unsexed adult, field number JVV 8721; fig. 46) collected by Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Edward L. Stanley, Arianna Kuhn, Jens V. Vindum, Sango de Sá, Suzana A. Bandeira, and Hilária Valério, on 8 December 2013. Paratypes: All specimens from Angola. Three unsexed adults: (CAS 254769, 254770, 254771, field numbers JVV 8713, 8715, 8716, respectively), same data as holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024: 66 |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named in honor of Hilária Valério (1991–), Angolan herpetologist and professor at Agostinho Neto University’s department of biology in Luanda. Hilária has been a fundamental part of Ceriaco’s team since the beginning of our joint herpetological studies in the country. Hilária initiated her scientific career collecting Trachylepis and other reptiles in the Namibe desert in 2013 and is now an established and respected member of the Angolan scientific community. |
| References |
|
| External links |