Trachylepis margaritifera

Trachylepis margaritifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species: Trachylepis margaritifera

Name

Trachylepis margaritifera (Peters, 1854)

Syntypes: ZMB 1232, 3967, 3968-9, 9396.

Type locality: “Tette”, Mozambique.

Combinations

• Euprepes margaritifer Peters, 1854: 618 [original combination]
• Mabuia margaritifer Bocage, 1896: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Trachylepis margaritifera — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination]

References

• Broadley, D.G. & Bauer, A.M. 1998. A review of the Mabuya quinquetaeniata complex in East Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). African Journal of Herpetology 47(2): 43–58. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trachylepis margaritifera. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow Skink