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Trachylepis spilogaster (Kalahari tree skink)

[= Mabuya spilogaster]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Scincidae (skinks) > Genus: Trachylepis

Trachylepis spilogaster (Kalahari tree skink) Trachylepis spilogaster (Kalahari tree skink)
Trachylepis spilogaster, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] Trachylepis spilogaster, Northern Cape. [photo Wilson B.Y. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
Trachylepis spilogaster (Kalahari tree skink) Trachylepis spilogaster (Kalahari tree skink)
Trachylepis spilogaster (Kalahari tree skink)
Trachylepis spilogaster, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] Trachylepis spilogaster, Northern Cape. [both photos le Roux E.R. & le Roux B.A. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]