Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867)

Ceríaco, L. M. P., De Sá, S., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Stanley, E. L., Kuhn, A. L., Marques, M. P., Vindum, J. V., Blackburn, D. C. & Bauer, A. M., 2016, Herpetological Survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2), pp. 15-61 : 33-34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11066801

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11104599

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F67087FF-535F-6D30-FF97-5011AE4FB38C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867)
status

 

WESTERN THREE-STRIPED SKINK

Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867) View in CoL

MATERIAL.— Pico Azevedo, 7 December 2013, 15º32ʹ2.4ʺS, 12º29ʹ31.1ʺE, 359 m ( CAS 254931). GoogleMaps

COMMENTS.— The species has been cited from 35 km south of the city of Namibe (Laurent 1964a) and from Curoca River ( Bocage 1895). Three specimens in the Ditsong Natural National History Museum originate from the Rio Curoca mouth and from Namibe. In addition to our specimen from Pico Azevedo several individuals of the species were observed near Espinheira camp (specimens not collected). In Angola this skink takes refuge in holes it digs in the sand at the base of spiny shrubs of the genus Blepharis . It is widely distributed in western South Africa and much of central and western Namibia (Branch 1988).

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Trachylepis

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