Trachylepis binotata (BOCAGE, 1867)
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Trachylepis binotata
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Ovambo Stree Skink, Bocage's Mabuya |
| Synonym | Euprepes binotatus BOCAGE 1867: 230 Mabuia binotata — BOCAGE 1895: 46 Mabuya quinquetaeniata — BOULENGER 1887: 198 Mabuia binotata — BOCAGE 1897: 196 Mabuia binotata — MONARD 1937: 91 Mabuya binotata — HELLMICH 1957a: 59 Mabuya binotata — HELLMICH 1957b: 54 Mabuya binotata — LAURENT 1964: 68 Mabuya binotata — BRANCH 1998: 151 Mabuya binotata — BAUER et al. 2003: 270 Euprepes binotata — BAUER et al. 2003: 270). Mabuya quinquetaeniata binotata — MERTENS 1926: 152 Mabuya quinquetaeniata binotata — MERTENS 1937: 10 Mabuya quinquetaeniata binotata — MERTENS 1938: 437 Trachylepis binotata — CERIACO et al. 2016b: 57 Trachylepis binotata — CERIACO 2021: 402 Trachylepis binotata — MARQUES et al. 2018: 257 Trachylepis binotata — BRANCH et al. 2019a: 318 Trachylepis binotata — BUTLER et al. 2019: 234 Trachylepis binotata — BAPTISTA et al. 2019: 109 Trachylepis binotata — SANTOS et al. 2021: 24 Trachylepis binotata — LOBÓN-ROVIRA et al. 2022: 309 Mabuya striata binotata — HEWITT 1935: 304 Mabuya binotata — HELLMICH 1957 Mabuya binotata — BRYGOO 1985: 13 Mabuya binotata — BAUER et al. 1993 Mabuya binotata — GREER et al. 2000 Euprepis binotatus — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Trachylepis binotata — BAUER 2003 Trachylepis binotata — SCHLEICHER 2020 Trachylepis binotata — CERIACO et al. 2024: 42 |
| Distribution | N Namibia, S Angola Type locality: “Benguella, Dombe e Catumbella.” |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.15.32 (formerly 67.7.23.26), Benguella, Angola, presented J.V. Barbosa du Bocage; paratypes: MNHN 1462 (2792B, 1867.120), Benguella, Angola, presented MBL; ZMB 5830, Catumbella, Angola, presented J.V. Barbosa du Bocage. See Bauer et al. (2003) for the identification of these types. Other syntypes in MBL were presumably destroyed by fire in 1978. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024 |
| Comment | Synonymy: Boulenger 1887 placed this species into the synonymy of M. quinquetaeniata. Distribution: see map in Ceriaco et al. 2024: 48 (Fig. 28). |
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