Trachylepis wahlbergii

Trachylepis wahlbergii, also known commonly as Wahlberg's striped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southern Africa.

Trachylepis wahlbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. wahlbergii
Binomial name
Trachylepis wahlbergii
(W. Peters, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euprepes Wahlbergii
    W. Peters, 1870
  • Mabuya ellenbergeri
    Chabanaud, 1917
  • Mabuya striata
    FitzSimons, 1943
    (part)
  • Mabuya striata wahlbergi
    — Broadley, 1971
  • Mabuya wahlbergi
    — Branch, 1993
  • Trachylepis striata wahlbergii
    — Klitscher, 2014
  • Trachylepis wahlbergii
    — Marques et al., 2018

Taxonomy

Trachylepis wahlbergii has been considered a subspecies of Trachylepis striata. Whether T. wahlbergii is truly distinct from T. striata is not fully settled.[1]

Geographic range

T. wahlbergii occurs in southern Angola, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, western Mozambique, Zambia, and northern and western Zimbabwe.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, wahlbergi, is in honour of Swedish Naturalist Johan August Wahlberg.[2]

Reproduction

T. wahlbergii is viviparous.[1]

References
  1. Trachylepis wahlbergii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2020.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachylepis wahlbergii, p. 278).

Further reading
  • Peters W (1870). "Förteckning på de af J. Wahlberg i Damaralandet insamlade Reptilierna: Enumeratio Amphibiorum quae beat. J. Wahlberg anno 1854 ad 1855 in Africa occidentali (Damara) collegit ". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademien Förhandlingar 26 (7): 657–662. (Euprepes wahlbergii, new species, p. 661). (in Swedish and Latin).


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