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Taxonomy of the genus Trachylepis Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Trachylepis (African-American Grass and Forest Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Trachylepis in general

Bauer, A.M. 2003. On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks. African Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 1-7.

Broadley, D.G. 1999. Erratum: Broadley, D.G. & A.M. Bauer. 1998. "A review of the Mabuya quinquetaeniata complex in East Africa (Sauna: Scincidae)." Afr. J. Herpetol. 47: 43-58. African Journal of Herpetology 48(1): 75.

Brygoo, E.R. 1984. Systématique des lézards scincidés de la région malgache. 11. Les Mabuya de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 5(4): 1079-1108.

Chirio, L.; Ineich, I.; Schmitz, A.; LeBreton, M. 2008. A new species of Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central African forests. African Journal of Herpetology 57(1): 13-28.

Horton, D.R. 1973. Evolution of the genus Mabuya (Lacertilia, Scincidae). Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of New England, Armidale. 311 pp.

Huey, R.B.; Pianka, E.R. 1977. Patterns of niche overlap among broadly sympatric versus narrowly sympatric Kalahari lizards (Scincidae: Mabuya). Ecology 58(1): 119-128.

Ineich, I.; Chirio, L. 2004. L'archipel afro-montagnard et les affinities de son herpetofaune: description d'une espece nouvelle indiquant des relations phyletiques entre le Cameroun et l'Afrique de l'est (lacertilia, Scincidae, genre Trachylepis). Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 129(3): 317-331.

Lambert, M. 1992. Lizards, DDT and deltamethrin in NW Zimbabwe. pp. 289-292. In: Korsos, Z. & Kiss, I. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 19-23 August 1991, Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 531 pp.

Lantermann, W. 2009. Ein interessanter Skink von Changuu-Island in Tanzania. Elaphe 17(2): 49-53.

Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Plathydactylus, Otocryptis, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes), und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus,..... Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864(June): 381-399.

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Über neue Gattung und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, tropidonotus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869(May): 432-445.

Peters, W.C.H. 1874. Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874(June): 368-377.

Peters, W.C.H. 1874. Über neue Amphibien (Gymnopis, Siphonops, Polypedates, Rhacophorus, Hyla, Cyclodus, Euprepes, Clemmys). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874(October): 616-624.

Peters, W.C.H. 1874. Über neue Reptilien (Peropus, Agama, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Heterolepis) der herpetologischen Sammlung des Berliner zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874(February): 159-164.

Rocha, S.; Carretero, M.A.; Harris, D.J. 2010. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Mabuya spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Indian Ocean islands. Amphibia-Reptilia 31(3): 375-385.

Steyn, W.J.; Mitchell, A.J.L. 1965. A new Scincid genus, and a new record from South West Africa. Cimbebasia 12: 2-12.

Trachylepis acutilabris

Castanzo, R.A.; Bauer, A.M. 1993. Diet and activity of Mabuya acutilabris (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Namibia. Herpetological Journal 3(4): 130-135.

Castanzo, R.A.; Bauer, A.M. 1998. Comparative aspects of the ecology of Mabuya acutilabris (Squamata: Scincidae), a lacertid-like skink from arid south western Africa. Journal of African Zoology 112(2): 109-122.

Cunningham, P.L. 2011. Natural history notes: Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters, 1862). Wedge-snouted Skink. Diet. African Herp News 53: 48.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Trachylepis acutilabris Peters, 1862. Wedge-snouted Skink. African Herp News 49: 13-14.

Laurent, R.F. 1947. Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection du Musee Royale d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 1. Formes Africaines. Bull. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique 23(16): 1-12.

Trachylepis affinis

Adegoke, J.A. 1984. The karyotype of the skink, Mabuya blandingi. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 26(1): 100-103.

Akani, G.C.; Capizzi, D.; Luiselli, L. 2002. Community ecology of scincid lizards in a swamp rainforest of south-eastern Nigeria. Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 125-134.

Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L. 2000. Some observations on diurnal activity patterns, habitat, and natural history of Mabuya affinis (Scincidae) in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. Herpetological Bulletin 73: 2-7.

Barbault, R. 1974. Ecologie comparee des lezards Mabuya blandingii (Hallowell) et Panaspis kitsoni (Boulenger) dans les forets de Lamto (Cote d'Ivoire). La Terre et la Vie (Paris) 28: 95-117.

Barbault, R. 1974. Ecologie comparée des lezards Mabuya blandingii (Hallowell) et Panaspis kitsoni (Boulenger) dans les fôrets de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire). La Terre et la Vie (Paris) 28(2): 272-295.

Freedman, A.H.; Thomassen, H.A.; Buermann, W.; Smith, T.B. 2010. Genomic signals of diversification along ecological gradients in a tropical lizard. Molecular Ecology 19(17): 3773-3788.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Trachylepis affinis Gray, 1838. Senegal Mabuya. African Herp News 49: 12-13.

Gramentz, D. 2000. Zur Ökologie und zum Verhalten von Mabuya affinis (Gray, 1838) in Gabun. Sauria (Berlin) 22(3): 25-30.

Grandison, A.G.C. 1956. On a collection of lizards from West Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 18: 224-245.

Hallermann, J. 2001. Bemerkenswerter Mageninhalt von Mehelya stenophthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 37(2): 105-106.

Hoogmoed, M.S. 1974. Ghanese lizards of the genus Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria, Reptilia). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 138: 1-62.

LeBreton, M.; Foguekem, D.; Chirio, L. 2004. Mehelya poensis and Mehelya stenophthalmus. (No common names). Diet. African Herp News 37: 25.

Mausfeld-Lafdhiya, P.; Schmitz, A.; Ineich, I.; Chirio, L. 2004. Genetic variation in two African Euprepis species (Reptilia, Scincidae), based on maximum-likelihood and Bayesian analyses: Taxonomic and biogeographic conclusions. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52(1-2): 159-177.

Trachylepis albilabris

Hoogmoed, M.S. 1974. Ghanese lizards of the genus Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria, Reptilia). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 138: 1-62.

Mausfeld, P.; Schmitz, A. 2000. Geographic distribution: Mabuya albilabris. Herpetological Review 31(4): 254.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Braun, J.J.; Brum, A.; Carlino, P.; Chirio, L.; Glaizot, O.; Meirte, D.; Morelle, S.; Royauté, L. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica XI. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(12): 205-211.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Carlino, P.; Chirio, L.; Albert, J.L. 2016. Miscellanea herpetologica gabonica IV. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 51(5): 73-79.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Essono, T.B.B.; Carlino, P.; Chirio, L.; Huijbregts, B.; Leuteritz, T.E.J.; Rousseaux, D.; Tobi, E.; Vigna, C.; Neer, W. van 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica VII. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(1): 1-7.

Trachylepis albotaeniata

Broadley, D.G. 2000. A review of the genus Mabuya in southeastern Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 87-110.

Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.

Trachylepis atlantica

Gasparini, J.L.; Peloso, P.L.; Sazima, I. 2007. New opportunities and hazards brought by humans to the island habitat of the skink Euprepis atlanticus. Herpetological Bulletin 100: 30-33.

Lyra, M.L.; Vences, M. 2018. Preliminary assessment of mitochondrial variation in the insular endemic, biogeographically enigmatic Noronha skink, Trachylepis atlantica (Squamata: Scincidae). Salamandra 54(3): 229-232.

Mausfeld, P.; Schmitz, A.; Böhme, W.; Misof, B.; Vrcibradic, D.; Rocha, C.F.D. 2002. Phylogenetic affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, endemic to the Atlantic ocean archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of partitioning the genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 281-293.

Mausfeld, P.; Vrcibradic, D. 2002. On the nomenclature of the skink (Mabuya) endemic to the western Atlantic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 292-295.

Ribeiro, P.; Oliveira, R.M. 2018. Natural history notes: Trachylepis atlantica (Noronha Skink). Cannibalism attempt. Herpetological Review 49(1): 122.

Rocha, C.F.D.; Vrcibradic, D.; Menezes, V.A.; Ariani, C.V. 2009. Ecology and natural history of the easternmost native lizard species in South America, Trachylepis atlantica (Scincidae), from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 43(3): 450-459.

Sazima, I.; Sazima, C.; Sazima, M. 2005. Little dragons prefer flowers to maidens: a lizard that laps nectar and pollinates trees. Biota Neotropica 5(1): 1-8.

Schmidt, K.P. 1945. A new name for the Brazilian Mabuya. Copeia 1945: 45.

Silva, J.M.; Peres, A.K.; Sazima, I. 2005. Natural history notes: Euprepis atlanticus (Noronha Skink). Predation. Herpetological Review 36(1): 62-63.

Travassos, H. 1946. Estudo da variacao de Mabuya punctata (Gray, 1839). Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 60: 1-56.

Travassos, H. 1948. Nota sobre a "Mabuya" de Ilha Fernando de Noronha (Squamata, Scincidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 8(2): 201-208.

Trachylepis aureopunctata

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 1998. New long-tailed Mabuya Fitzinger from Lokobe Reserve, Nosy Be, Madagascar (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Copeia 1998(1): 114-119.

Trachylepis bayonii

Laurent, R.F. 1952. Batraciens et reptiles recemment acquis par le Musee du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 45: 198-203.

Loveridge, A. 1956. A new subgenus of Chamaeleo from Rhodesia and new race of Mabuya from Kenya Colony. Breviora 59: 1-4.

Trachylepis betsileana

Brygoo, E.R. 1984. Systématique des lézards scincidés de la région malgache. 11. Les Mabuya de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 5(4): 1079-1108.

Trachylepis binotata

Castanzo, R.A.; Bauer, A.M. 1998. Comparative aspects of the ecology of Mabuya acutilabris (Squamata: Scincidae), a lacertid-like skink from arid south western Africa. Journal of African Zoology 112(2): 109-122.

Trachylepis bocagii

Laurent, R.F. 1947. Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection du Musee Royale d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 1. Formes Africaines. Bull. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique 23(16): 1-12.

Trachylepis brauni

Broadley, D.G. 1977. A review of the Mabuya striata complex in south-east Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia Series B Natural Sciences 6(2): 45-79.

Meerman, J.C. 1984. Mabuya brauni hildae Loveridge, 1953 considered a synonym of M. brauni Tornier, 1902 (Sauria: Scincidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 5(2): 173-175.

Trachylepis brevicollis

Cottone, A.M.; Bauer, A.M. 2008. Natural history notes: Psammophis biseriatus (Link-marked Sand Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 39(1): 99.

Fritz, J.P.; Schutte, F. 1988. Skinke aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen (Sauria: Scincidae). Salamandra 24(1): 41-52.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Trachylepis brevicollis Wiegmann, 1837. Sudan Mabuya. African Herp News 49: 15.

Matz, G. 1973. Mabuya brevicollis (Wiegmann). Aquarama 7: 54.

Schätti, B.; Günther, R. 2001. Type localities of amphibian and reptile species collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in southwestern Arabia and Eritrea. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin Zoologische Reihe 77(1): 153-156.

Zari, T.A. 2004. Effects of seasonal acclimation on food consumption and prey selection in the skink Mabuya brevicollis. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 40(3): 97-110.

Trachylepis buettneri

Barbault, R. 1971. Recherches ecologiques dans la savane de Lamto (Cote d'Ivoire). Production annuelle des populations naturelle du lezard Mabuya buttneri (Matschie). La Terre et la Vie (Paris) 25: 203-217.

Barbault, R. 1974. Structure et dynamique des population naturelles du lézard Mabuya buettneri dans la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire). Bulletin d'Ecologie 5(2): 105-121.

Barbault, R. 1975. Les peuplements de lézards des savanes de Lamto (Cote d'Ivoire). Annales de l'Universite d'Abidjan Serie E Ecologie 8: 147-221.

Barbault, R. 1976. Population dynamics and reproductive patterns of three African skinks. Copeia 1976(3): 483-490.

Barbault, R. 1986. Rapid-aging in males, a way to increase fitness in a short-lived tropical lizard. Oikos 46(2): 258-260.

Böhme, W.; Schneider, B. 1987. Zur Herpetofaunistik Kameruns (3) mit Beschreibung einer neuen Cardioglossa (Anura: Arthroleptidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 38(3): 241-263.

Hoogmoed, M.S. 1974. Ghanese lizards of the genus Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria, Reptilia). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 138: 1-62.

Laurent, R.F. 1958. Notes herpetologiques africaines 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 58: 115-128.

Mocquard, F. 1896. Sur une collection de reptiles du Haut-Oubanghi. C. R. Soc. Philom. 1896: 44-45.

Trachylepis capensis

Bates, M.F. 1988. Mabuya sinensis Cape skink avian predation. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 34: 48.

Bates, M.F.; Swart, D.H. de 1991. Mabuya capensis. Avian predation. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 23.

Branch, W.R. 1988. Mabuya capensis Cape skink. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 35: 38.

Branch, W.R.; Kyle, S.; Kyle, D.; Kyle, E.W.; Kyle, K. 2005. Trachylepis capensis (Gray, 1830). Cape Skink. Size. African Herp News 38: 22.

Broadley, D.G. 1962. The herpetofauna of the Inyanga National Park. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 17/18: 8-10.

Brown Wessels, H.L. 1989. Bimodal reproductive strategy in Mabuya capensis (Gray) (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36: 46-50.

Bustard, R. 1958. The smaller skinks are easy to keep. Aquarist and Pondkeeper 23: 236-237.

FitzSimons, V. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 7: 89-106.

Flemming, A.F. 1994. Male and female reproductive cycles of the viviparous lizard, Mabuya capensis (Sauria: Scincidae) from South Africa. Journal of Herpetology 28(3): 334-341.

Heideman, N.J.L. 1990. The adaptive significance of vertebral form in the pelvic regions of Mabuya capensis and Acontias plumbeus (Reptilia: Scincidae). South African Journal of Zoology 25(2): 109-113.

Heideman, N.J.L. 1992. A comparative morphological study of the axial musculature in the pelvic regions of Acontias plumbeus and Mabuya capensis (Reptilia: Scincidae), with reference to their respective modes of locomotion. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 14-18.

Maddock, A.H.; Zaloumis, G. 1987. Additional and confirming records of the vertebrates and Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve with indications of rodent and ungulate abundances. Lammergeyer 38: 40-54.

Masterson, G.P.R.; Koen, D.; Toit, L. du; Horn, N. 2010. Size-class distributions for four lizard species found in Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa. African Herp News 51: 4-6.

Matz, G. 1971. Mabuya capensis Gray. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 24(3): 96-97.

Phelps, T. 2006. Bitis armata (A. Smith, 1826). Southern Adder. Prey items. African Herp News 40: 26.

Resnik, H. 1965. Observations on the common brown lizard. African Wild Life 19: 73-79.

Rothwell, E. 2011. Black-headed heron's breakfast. Promerops 286: 15.

Scott, T.J.; Berry, P. 2015. Transient-state mechanisms of wind-induced burrow ventilation. Journal of Experimental Biology 218(2): 170-175.

Skinner, M.M. 1973. Ontogeny and adult morphology of the skull of the South African skink, Mabuya capensis (Gray). Annals of the University of Stellenbosch (A) 48(5): 1-116.

Trachylepis casuarinae

Broadley, D.G. 1974. A review of the Mabuya maculilabris group in southeastern Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 6(23): 1-10.

Broadley, D.G. 2000. A review of the genus Mabuya in southeastern Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 87-110.

Mausfeld-Lafdhiya, P.; Schmitz, A.; Ineich, I.; Chirio, L. 2004. Genetic variation in two African Euprepis species (Reptilia, Scincidae), based on maximum-likelihood and Bayesian analyses: Taxonomic and biogeographic conclusions. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52(1-2): 159-177.

Trachylepis chimbana

Broadley, D.G. 1975. A review of the Mabuya lacertiformis complex in southern Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia 7(18): 1-16.

Trachylepis comorensis

Brygoo, E.R. 1981. Systématique des lézards scincidés de la région malgache. 8. Les Mabuya des iles de l'océan Indien occidental: Comores, Europa. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 3(3): 911-930.

Günther, A. 1879. On mammals and reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 5) 3: 215-219.

Kohler, J.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. 1997. First record of Mabuya comorensis (Reptilia: Scincidae) for the Madagascan fauna, with notes on the reptile fauna of the offshore island Nosy Tanikely. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Bollettino (Turin) 15(1): 75-82.

Mausfeld-Lafdhiya, P.; Schmitz, A.; Ineich, I.; Chirio, L. 2004. Genetic variation in two African Euprepis species (Reptilia, Scincidae), based on maximum-likelihood and Bayesian analyses: Taxonomic and biogeographic conclusions. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52(1-2): 159-177.

Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.

Rocha, S.; Carretero, M.A.; Harris, D.J. 2010. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Mabuya spp. (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Indian Ocean islands. Amphibia-Reptilia 31(3): 375-385.

Trachylepis cristinae

Sindaco, R.; Metallinou, M.; Pupin, F.; Fasola, M.; Carranza, S. 2012. Forgotten in the ocean: systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the Socotra Archipelago. Zoologica Scripta 41(4): 346-362.

Trachylepis damarana

Hoesch, W. 1961. Südwestafrikanische Echsen in Freiheit und in Gefangenschaft. 2. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 14: 307-309.

Weinell, J.L.; Bauer, A.M. 2018. Systematics and phylogeography of the widely distributed African skink Trachylepis varia species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 103-117.

Trachylepis dichroma

Branch, W.R.; Kilpin, A.; Beraducci, J. 2007. Trachylepis dichroma Günther, Whiting & Bauer, 2005: additional Tanzanian material and restriction of the type locality. Herpetozoa 20(1-2): 67-69.

Günther, R.; Whiting, A.; Bauer, A.M. 2005. Description of a new species of African skink of the genus Trachylepis (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetozoa 18(1-2): 11-24.

Wasonga, D.V.; Malonza, P.K. 2006. Presence of Trachylepis dichroma Günther, Whiting and Bauer, 2005 (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) in Kenya. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1): 75-78.

Trachylepis dumasi

Nussbaum, R.A.; Raxworthy, C.J. 1995. A new Mabuya (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of the aureopunctata-group from southern Madagascar. Journal of Herpetology 29(1): 28-38.

Trachylepis elegans

Boumans, L.; Vieites, D.R.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. 2007. Geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread Malagasy reptiles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(3): 822-839.

Brygoo, E.R. 1984. Systématique des lézards scincidés de la région malgache. 11. Les Mabuya de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 5(4): 1079-1108.

Lima, A.; Miralles, A.; Glaw, F.; Ahlburg, J.; Boerner, M.; Hoven, J.F.; Kruse, B.; Kuessner, F.; Ludwig, M.; Molde, F.; Annika-Marisa, M.; Mueller, K.; Panpeng, S.; Schneider, C. 2014. A preliminary assessment of morphological differentiation between two common Malagasy skink species, Trachylepis elegans and T. gravenhorstii. Herpetology Notes 7: 247-260.

Peveling, R.; McWilliam, A.N.; Nagel, P.; Rasolomanana, H.; Raholijaona; Rakotomianina, L.; Ravoninjatovo, A.; Dewhurst, C.F.; Gibson, G.; Rafanomezana, S.; Tingle, C.C.D. 2003. Impact of locust control on harvester termites and endemic vertebrate predators in Madagascar. Journal of Applied Ecology 40(4): 729-741.

Raselimanana, A.P. 2018. Unusual predation events in Malagasy amphibians and reptiles. Herpetology Notes 11: 659-662.

Raselimanana, A.P. 2018. Field observations of predation events in Malagasy amphibians and reptiles. Herpetology Notes 11: 659-662.

Vences, M.; Lima, A.; Miralles, A.; Glaw, F. 2014. DNA barcoding assessment of genetic variation in two widespread skinks from Madagascar, Trachylepis elegans and T. gravenhorstii (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 3755(5): 477-484.

Trachylepis ferrarai

Lanza, B. 1978. Mabuya ferrarai, a new scincoid lizard from Somalia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 11(12): 271-280.

Trachylepis gonwouoi

Allen, K.E.; Tapondjou N., W.P.; Welton, L.J.; Bauer, A.M. 2017. A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central Africa and a key to the Trachylepis of West and Central Africa. Zootaxa 4268(2): 255–269.

Trachylepis gravenhorstii

Boumans, L.; Vieites, D.R.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. 2007. Geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread Malagasy reptiles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(3): 822-839.

Brygoo, E.R. 1984. Systématique des lézards scincidés de la région malgache. 11. Les Mabuya de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 5(4): 1079-1108.

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Trachylepis maculata

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Trachylepis pulcherrima

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Trachylepis socotranus

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Trachylepis sparsa

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Trachylepis spilogaster

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Trachylepis sulcata

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Trachylepis tandrefana

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Trachylepis tavaratra

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Trachylepis tessellata

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Trachylepis tschudii

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Trachylepis varia

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Trachylepis variegata

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Trachylepis vato

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Trachylepis vezo

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Trachylepis volamenaloha

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Trachylepis wahlbergii

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Trachylepis wrightii

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