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Trachylepis
Sign in to savethumb|Trachylepis striata, African striped skink, [[Kruger Park]] thumb|Trachylepis albilabris, [[Gabon]]
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African Striped Skink
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae
Trachylepis ist eine Echsengattung aus der Familie der Skinke (Scincidae). Die 79 Arten sind hauptsächlich in Afrika und Asien sowie auf vielen Inseln des Indischen Ozeans verbreitet, eine Art besiedelt auch die brasilianische Inselgruppe Fernando de Noronha.
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thumb|Trachylepis striata, African striped skink, [[Kruger Park]] thumb|Trachylepis albilabris, [[Gabon]]
Trachylepis is a skink genus in the subfamily Mabuyinae found mainly in Africa. Its members were formerly included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya, and for some time in Euprepis. As defined today, Trachylepis contains the clade of Afro-Malagasy mabuyas. The genus also contains a species from the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, T. atlantica, and may occur in mainland South America with Trachylepis tschudii and Trachylepis maculata, both poorly known and enigmatic. The ancestors of T. atlantica are believed to have rafted across the Atlantic from Africa during the last 9 million years.