Scincidae
African Striped Skink
Trachylepis striata (Peters, 1844)
Trachylepis striata is a small striped skink that grows to 25 cm total length, often losing its tail to predators.
African Five-lined Skink
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata, the African five-lined skink, is an invasive lizard in Florida native to much of Africa.
Western three-striped skink
Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867)
The western three-striped skink (Trachylepis occidentalis) is a skink species found in four southern African countries.
Rainbow Skink
Trachylepis margaritifera (Peters, 1854)
Trachylepis margaritifera is a medium-sized variable-colored lizard native to rocky mountainous areas of southern and eastern Africa.
Red-sided Skink
Trachylepis homalocephala (Wiegmann, 1828)
Trachylepis homalocephala is a small striped skink indigenous to Southern Africa that lays six eggs each summer.
Cape Skink
Trachylepis capensis (Gray, 1831)
Trachylepis capensis is a southern African native skink species found across much of South Africa and neighboring countries.
Comoro Island Skink
Trachylepis comorensis (Peters, 1854)
Trachylepis comorensis, the Comoro Island skink, is a skink species found in parts of the western Indian Ocean.
Sudan Mabuya
Trachylepis brevicollis (Wiegmann, 1837)
Trachylepis brevicollis is a robust, diurnal terrestrial skink found across parts of eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Ovambo Tree Skink
Trachylepis binotata (Bocage, 1867)
Trachylepis binotata (Ovambo tree skink / Bocage's mabuya) is a skink species found in Namibia and Angola.
Sharp-lipped Mabuya
Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters, 1862)
Trachylepis acutilabris is a species of skink found across four southern and central African countries.
Karasburg Tree Skink
Trachylepis sparsa (Mertens, 1954)
Trachylepis sparsa, the Karasburg tree skink, is a skink species found in Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana.
Gravenhorst's Mabuya
Trachylepis gravenhorstii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Trachylepis gravenhorstii is an oviparous skink found in multiple natural and cultivated habitats across certain regions.
Noronha Skink
Trachylepis atlantica (Schmidt, 1945)
Trachylepis atlantica, the Noronha skink, is a diurnal skink native to the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
Fire-sided Skink
Trachylepis perrotetii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Trachylepis perrotetii is an oviparous African endemic skink species in the family Scincidae.
Speckled Rock Skink
Trachylepis punctatissima (Smith, 1849)
Trachylepis punctatissima is a striped skink native to multiple countries across southern Africa.
Kalahari Tree Skink
Trachylepis spilogaster (Peters, 1882)
Trachylepis spilogaster, the Kalahari tree skink, is a southern African scincid lizard associated with sociable weaver nests.
Seychelles Skink
Trachylepis sechellensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Trachylepis sechellensis, the Seychelles skink, is an endemic Seychelles skink species that feeds on insects and lays eggs.
Speckle-lipped Mabuya
Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845)
Trachylepis maculilabris, the speckle-lipped skink, is a skink species found across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Wahlberg’s Striped Skink
Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, 1870)
Wahlberg's striped skink (Trachylepis wahlbergii) is a viviparous skink species native to Southern Africa.
Damara Skink
Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870)
Trachylepis damarana, the Damara skink, is a common terrestrial savanna skink species found across southern Africa.
Smooth Variable Skink
Trachylepis laevigata (Peters, 1869)
Trachylepis laevigata, the variable or striped-neck variable skink, is a skink species found in South Africa.
Rough-scaled Sun Skink
Eutropis rugifera (Stoliczka, 1870)
Eutropis rugifera is a skink species described by distinct scale traits, found across South and Southeast Asia.
Rough Mabuya
Eutropis rudis (Boulenger, 1887)
Eutropis rudis, the rough or brown mabuya, is a skink species found across parts of South and Southeast Asia.
Common Sun Skink
Eutropis multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820)
Eutropis multifasciata, the many-lined skink, is a southern Asian species with distinct scale and color patterns, introduced to Australia and the USA.
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