Trachylepis farooqii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species: Trachylepis farooqii

Name

Trachylepis farooqii Barbosa, Parrinha, Marques, Harun, Recoder, Sena, Bila, Ineich, Fernandes, Passos, Rodrigues & Ceríaco, 2025

• Holotype: MZUSP L108148, adult ♂, collected by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Renato Sousa Recoder, Marco Aurélio de Sena, Agustin Camacho, Mohamed Harun, Samuel Bila, Francisco Dal Vechio and Mauro Teixeira Junior on 27 October 2015.
• Type locality: “Naburi [16.78857S, 38.88581E], Mozambique”.

References

Primary references

• Barbosa, M.R., Parrinha, D., Marques, M.P., Harun, M., Recoder, R.S., Sena, M.A., Bila, S., Ineich, I., Fernandes, D.S., Passos, P., Rodrigues, M.T. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2025. A long-known new species of the Trachylepis maculilabris species complex (Squamata: Scincidae) from South-Eastern Africa. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 91(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.2992/007.091.0101 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Farooq’s Skink