Trachylepis tschudii

Trachylepis tschudii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. tschudii
Binomial name
Trachylepis tschudii
Miralles, Chaparro, and Harvey, 2009
Synonyms
  • Trachylepis (Xystrolepis) punctata Tschudi, 1845[fn 1]
  • Mabuia punctata: Roux, 1907[2]
  • Trachylepis tschudii Miralles et al., 2009[fn 2]

Trachylepis tschudii is an enigmatic skink, purportedly from Peru. First described in 1845 on the basis of a single specimen, it may be the same as the Noronha skink (T. atlantica) from Fernando de Noronha, off northeastern Brazil. T. tschudii represents one of two doubtful records of the otherwise African genus Trachylepis on mainland South America; the other is T. maculata from Guyana.

The only specimen, the holotype, is mostly brownish above, with dark and light spots, and white below. The snout-to-vent length is 83 mm (3.3 in). Several features of the scales align it with Trachylepis over the related American genus Mabuya.

  1. ^ Mausfeld and Vrcibradic, 2002, p. 293; Miralles et al., 2009, p. 57
  2. ^ Roux, 1907, p. 300
  3. ^ Miralles et al., 2009, p. 57


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