Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870)

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 34

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scientific name	Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870)
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Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870) View in CoL

Damara Variable Skink

Material: PEM R 22030, 22031

Photographs: VMUS 158929, 158930, 158933–158935

The most common skink in the area, seen at Ngonye Falls campsite, vicinity of the visitor’s center, Park Headquarters, vicinity of the airstrip, and on the east bank of the Zambezi River opposite Ngonye Falls. It is common throughout Zambia ( Broadley 1971a). Recently split from the larger Trachylepis varia complex by Weinell and Bauer (2018).

References

Broadley DG. 1971 a. The reptiles and amphibians of Zambia. The Puku 6: 1 - 143.

Weinell JL, Bauer AM. 2018. Systematics and phylogeography of the widely distributed African skink Trachylepis varia species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 103 - 117. doi: https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2017.11.014