Trachylepis striata

African striped skink
in Eswatini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species:
T. striata
Binomial name
Trachylepis striata
(W. Peters, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tropidolepisma striatum
    W. Peters, 1844
  • Mabuia striata
    — Boulenger, 1895
  • Mabuya striata
    — V. FitzSimons & Brain, 1958
  • Euprepes striata
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis striata
    — Bauer, 2003

The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family (Scincidae). The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa. It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus.

  1. ^ "Trachylepis striata ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.