Trachylepis striata

African striped skink
in Eswatini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. striata
Binomial name
Trachylepis striata
(W. Peters, 1844)
Synonyms
List
    • Tropidolepisma striatum
      W. Peters, 1844
    • Mabuia striata
      — Boulenger, 1895
    • Mabuya striata
      — V. FitzSimons & Brain, 1958
    • Euprepes striata
      — Mausfeld et al., 2002
    • Trachylepis striata
      — Bauer, 2003

The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family (Scincidae). The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa. It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus.

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