Trachylepis varia (Peters, 1867)

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 210

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13258253
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scientific name	Trachylepis varia (Peters, 1867)
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Variable Skink

Material. MOUNT LICO (base): PEM R23941 . Identification. A small terrestrial skink with a bronze dorsum, especially anteriorly; dorsolateral white line extending from behind the eye to the groin. The T. varia group was recently revised and the northern Mozambique forms have been assigned to the typical form ( Weinell and Bauer 2018). Comments. This species is commonly found in leaf litter in the surroundings of Mount Lico. Some individuals were observed along the trail to the forest on Mount Socone. Only one specimen was observed on top of Mount Lico, but it escaped in the dry leaf litter .