Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870) is a animal in the Scincidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870)

Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870)

Trachylepis damarana, the Damara skink, is a common terrestrial savanna skink species found across southern Africa.

Family
Genus
Trachylepis
Order
Class
Squamata

About Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870)

Trachylepis damarana, commonly called the Damara skink or the Damara variable skink, is a species of skink. This species is native to southern Africa, where its distribution covers south-eastern Angola, northern Namibia, western Zambia, northern and eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa, and western Mozambique. Trachylepis damarana is a very common terrestrial skink that lives in open rocky savanna habitats. It has fully developed limbs, and can grow up to 68 mm (2.7 inches) in snout–vent length.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › › Scincidae › Trachylepis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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