Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, 1869)

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 15

Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, 1869)

Wahlberg’s Striped Skink

Material. ITEZHI-TEZHI: BMNH 2018.2769 ( Fig. 7I ); LUKWAKWA: BMNH 2018.2768, BMNH 2018.2770; NKWAJI: BMNH 2018.2771. Comments: Specimens found during the day on rocks (Itezhi-Tezhi), dambo (Lukwakwa), and inside a tree trunk at Nkwaji. According to Broadley (2000) these specimens fall in the distribution range of T. wahlbergii . The most similar sequence from GenBank is T. wahlbergii from Zambia (99%, accession number DQ 234810).

Figures

Fig. 7. Reptiles of western Zambia. (A) Agama armata (BMNH 2018.2751), (B) Chamaeleo dilepis (BMNH 2018.2755), (C)–(D) Lygodactylus chobiensis (BMNH 2018.2743), (E) Pachydactylus punctatus, (F) Ichnotropis capensis (BMNH 2018.2750), (G) Meroles squamulosus (BMNH 2018.2753), (H) Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (BMNH 2018.2765), (I) Trachylepis varia (BMNH 2018.2769), (J) Typhlacontias rohani (BMNH 2018.2761), (K) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (BMNH 2018.2776), (L) Philothamnus hoplogaster (BMNH 2018.2775), (M) Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772), (N) Thelotornis kirtlandii (BMNH 2018.2760), (O) Atractaspis congica (BMNH 2018.2274), (P)–(R) Kinixys spekii.