Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   171020
Province:   Kibaha District
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0638DD
Observer:   Alex Rebelo; Enviro-Insight
Date of record:   2019-03-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2019-07-17 22:56:53
Sp. code:   8710
Species name:   Trachylepis varia sensu stricto
Common name:   Common Variable Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Trachylepis aff. varia
Institution:   Enviro-Insight
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-171020
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

Contributing institution:

Enviro-Insight

Enviro-Insight
VM-number: 171020 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Alex Rebelo; Enviro-Insight
Comment:   Trachylepis aff. varia
Date:   2019-06-05 14:32:52
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Morphology matches T. varia ss, although admittedly no morphological data are presented for Clade E of Weinell & Bauer (2018). This record is tentatively referred to T. varia ss until such a time as Clade E is described and the specimen can be compared.
Date:   2019-07-17 22:56:53
Species name:   Trachylepis varia sensu stricto -- Common Variable Skink
Species code:   8710

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