Trachylepis wahlbergi (Peters, 1869)

Conradie, Werner, Bills, Roger & Branch, William R., 2016, The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 126) 10 (2), pp. 6-36 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13154851

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scientific name

Trachylepis wahlbergi (Peters, 1869)
status

 

Trachylepis wahlbergi (Peters, 1869)

Wahlberg’s Skink

Material: PEM R 20520‒1 (43).

Comment: The Trachylepis striata complex is widespread in southern and eastern Africa, but relationships and taxonomic status of the various subspecies of T. striata , elevated to specific status by Broadley (2000), remain problematic. Subsequently, Castiglia et al. (2006) showed that T. striata and T. wahlbergii share the same karyotype and no significant differentiation in 16S mtDNA gene. They argued that this did not support Broadley’s (2000) action in treating both taxa as distinct species. We retain the current taxonomic arrangement but note that fuller studies on the T. striata complex are required. First recorded from southeast Angola from near Mavinga (Branch and McCarthy 1992), but also known from numerous other localities in south-west Angola.

PEM

Port Elizabeth Museum

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Trachylepis

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