Trachylepis wilsoni

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 wilsoni

Name

Trachylepis wilsoni Ceríaco, Marques, Parrinha, Tiutenko, Weinell, Butler & Bauer, 2024: 132

• Holotype: CAS 254930 (field number JVV 8681), unsexed adult, collected by Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Edward L. Stanley, Arianna Kuhn, Jens V. Vindum, Sango de Sá, Suzana A. Bandeira and Hilária Valério on 7 December 2013.
• Type locality: “Pico Azevedo [-15.5340°, 12.49197°, 372 m]”, Angola.

References

Primary references

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D., Tiutenko, A., Weinell, J.L., Butler, B.O. & Bauer, A.M. 2024. The Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) of Angola: an integrative taxonomic review with the description of seven new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 465: 1–153. hdl: 2246/7345 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Wilson’s Wedge-Snouted Skink