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Trachylepis variegata (Variegated skink)

[= Mabuya variegata]

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 variegata (Variegated skink) Trachylepis variegata (Variegated skink)
Trachylepis variegata, Northern Cape. [photo Diedericks G. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum] Trachylepis variegata, Western Cape. [photo Verburgt L. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
Trachylepis variegata (Variegated skink) Trachylepis variegata (Variegated skink)
Trachylepis variegata (Variegated skink)
Trachylepis variegata, Swartberg Pass, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] Top right: Trachylepis variegata, Northern Cape. [photo Phelps T.; Els J.C. & Bezuidenhout R. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
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Trachylepis variegata, Northern Cape. [photo Dorse C. & van Rooyen S. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]