Trachylepis, Fitzinger, 1843

Koppetsch, Thore, 2020, A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Amhara Region Ethiopia, and a key to the Ethiopian Trachylepis, Zootaxa 4859 (1), pp. 113-126 : 123

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.1.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AF2E6FB9-A7E7-4343-B537-EBD8AA0B2306

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4536006

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB2D87CF-6A4D-1E54-FF36-F9A6FA0C7C8C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Trachylepis
status

 

Key to the Trachylepis of Ethiopia

(after Largen & Spawls (2006, 2010), Sindaco et al. (2012) and Marques et al. (2019); the validity of T. isselii follows Largen & Spawls (2006) and Sindaco et al. (2012); distributional data after Nistri & Vanni (2014), Ceríaco et al. (2016), Weinell & Bauer (2018) and Uetz et al. (2020).

1 Dorsal scales prominently keeled or carinated............................................................... 2

- Dorsal scales only indistinctly keeled or smooth........................................................... 10

2 Frontoparietal shields fused; mid-body scale rows 30–34; dorsal scales with 3 keels; dark lateral band from eye to groin with a pale dorsolateral stripe above and pale lateral stripe beneath...................... Trachylepis isselii [ Ethiopia, Eritrea]

- Frontoparietal shields separated.......................................................................... 3

3 Lower margin of the subocular clearly shorter (less than 50%) than its upper margin................................ 4

- Lower margin of the subocular clearly larger (more than 50%) than its upper margin................................ 5

4 Auricular lobes conspicuously long and pointed; uniform pale brown above with a series of large dark blotches in a longitudinal row behind the ear; subocular scale usually excluded from the edge of the lip; dorsal scales with 3 distinct keels, 32 midbody scale rows....................................................... Trachylepis hildebrandtii [ Ethiopia, Somalia]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

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