Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867) is a animal in the Scincidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867)

Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867)

Trachylepis sulcata, the western rock skink, is a skink species found across multiple locations in Africa.

Family
Genus
Trachylepis
Order
Class
Squamata

About Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867)

The western rock skink, scientifically named Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867), is a species of skink. It is found in Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Angola, and West Africa.

Photo: (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Scincidae Trachylepis

More from Scincidae

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