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Trachylepis margaritifera (PETERS, 1854)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rainbow skink
G: Blauschwanzskink 
SynonymEuprepes margaritifer PETERS 1854: 618
Mabuia obsti WERNER 1913: 43
Mabuya obsti — LOVERIDGE 1923
Mabuia quinquetaeniata — WITTE 1933
Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti — LOVERIDGE 1936: 68
Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti — BROADLEY 1962
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer — BROADLEY 1962
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 15
Mabuya margaritifer — BRANCH 1993
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer — BAUER et al. 1995: 62
Mabuya margaritifera — BROADLEY & BAUER 1999
Euprepis margaritiferus — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Trachylepis margaritifera — BAUER 2003
Trachylepis margaritifer — BRANCH et al. 2005
Mabuya margaritifer — COOPER 2005
Trachylepis margaritifer — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 142
Trachylepis margaritifer — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionKenya, Malawi, Tanzania, south to Natal, Republic of South Africa, west through the Transvaal and Zimbabwe to eastern Botswana, E Zambia, W Mozambique

Type locality: Tete, Mozambique.
Type locality: Kwa Mtoro, Usandawi, Tanzania [obsti]  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 1232, 1232A-D, 3967, 3967A, 3968-9, 9396, 9396A-C 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: records from Uganda (as in Broadly & Howell 1991: 15) may be in error and actually refer to M. quinquetaeniata s.str. Not listed for Uganda in Kingdon & Branch 2010. See Map in Broadley & Bauer 1998: 51. 
References
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