Trachylepis affinis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Genus: Trachylepis
Species: Trachylepis affinis

Name

• Trachylepis affinis (Gray, 1838)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.18.21.

Type locality: unknown.

Combinations

• Tiliqua affinis Gray, 1838: 289 [orginal combination]
• Mabuia affinis — Boulenger, 1887: 166 [subsequent combination]
• Euprepis affinis — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 290 [subsequent combination]
• Trachylepis affinis — Bauer, 2003: 5 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals of Natural History Series 1, 2(10): 287–293. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809496676 BHL

Additional references

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2016. A review of the genus Trachylepis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Gulf of Guinea, with descriptions of two new species in the Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) species complex. Zootaxa 4109(3): 284–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.2. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trachylepis affinis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Senegal Skink