Trachylepis pulcherrima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

• Trachylepis pulcherrima (de Witte, 1953)

Holotype: IRSNB.

Type locality: “Kanonga (riviere), affluent de la rive droite de la Fungwe [alt. 695 m]”.

Combinations

• Mabuya quinquetaeniata pulcherrima de Witte, 1953: 103 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Mabuya pulcherrima — Broadley & Bauer, 1998: 56 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Trachylepis pulcherrima — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination]

References

Additional 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. 2025. Trachylepis pulcherrima. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Beautiful Skink