Trachylepis striata

African striped skink
T. s. striata in Kruger NP, South Africa
T. s. wahlbergi at Lusaka, Zambia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. striata
Binomial name
Trachylepis striata (W. Peters, 1844)
Synonyms
Tropidolepisma striatum W. Peters, 1844 Mabuia striata — Boulenger, 1895 Mabuya striata — V. FitzSimons & Brain, 1958 Euprepes striata — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis striata — , 2003

The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family (Scincidae). The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa. It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus.

T. striata is brown or bronze-coloured with two yellowish stripes that run lengthwise on either side of the spine. Both sexes grow to a total length (including tail) of 25 cm (9.8 in). Their tails are often missing due to predators.

There are two races (subspecies) of T. striata, the nominate with an eastern, and wahlbergi with a southwesterly distribution:

Former races T. s. punctatissima and T. s. sparsa have been elevated to species level.

The subspecific name, wahlbergi, is in honour of Swedish Naturalist Johan August Wahlberg.

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