Trachylepis margaritifera

Rainbow skink
	Female (top) and male (below) basking on a granite outcrop in South Africa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. margaritifera
Binomial name
	Trachylepis margaritifera; (Peters, 1854)
Synonyms
	Euprepes margaritifer Peters 1854; Mabuya obsti Werner 1913; Mabuya obsti Loveridge 1923; Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti Loveridge 1936; Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti Broadley 1962; Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer Broadley 1962; Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer Broadley & Howell 1991; Mabuya margaritifer Branch 1993; Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer Bauer et al. 1995; Mabuya margaritifera Broadley & Bauer 1999; Euprepis margaritiferus Mausels et al. 2002; Trachylepis margaritifera Bauer 2003; Trachylepis margaritifer Branch et al. 2005; Mabuya margaritifer Cooper 2005;

The rainbow skink (Trachylepis margaritifera) is a species of Afro-Malagasy mabuya or skink in the subfamily Lygosominae.

^ Menegon, M.; Spawls, S. (2017) [amended version of 2010 assessment]. "Trachylepis margaritifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178196A113843755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T178196A113843755.en. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ Reptile-database

Rainbow skink

Female (top) and male (below) basking on a granite outcrop in South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. margaritifera
Binomial name
*Trachylepis margaritifera* (Peters, 1854)
Synonyms
Euprepes margaritifer Peters 1854 Mabuya obsti Werner 1913 Mabuya obsti Loveridge 1923 Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti Loveridge 1936 Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti Broadley 1962 Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer Broadley 1962 Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer Broadley & Howell 1991 Mabuya margaritifer Branch 1993 Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifer Bauer et al. 1995 Mabuya margaritifera Broadley & Bauer 1999 Euprepis margaritiferus Mausels et al. 2002 Trachylepis margaritifera Bauer 2003 Trachylepis margaritifer Branch et al. 2005 Mabuya margaritifer Cooper 2005^[2]