Trachylepis quinquetaeniata
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The Five-lined Mabuya (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata, formerly Mabuya quinquetaeniata), sometimes called Rainbow Mabuya or Rainbow Skink is a species
of Africa
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in the subfamily Lygosominae
. Trachylepis margaritifera
is also known as the Rainbow Skink.
The species has three subspecies:
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifera
, formerly a subspecies, was elevated to full species in 1998.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n skink
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
in the subfamily Lygosominae
Lygosominae
Lygosominae is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae. The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus-groups. If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed, the genus-groups would be designated as such, but such a move would require a formal description...
. Trachylepis margaritifera
Trachylepis margaritifera
The Rainbow Mabuya or Rainbow Skink is a species of Afro-Malagasy mabuya or skink in the subfamily Lygosominae...
is also known as the Rainbow Skink.
The species has three subspecies:
- Trachylepis quinquetaeniata quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Trachylepis quinquetaeniata langheldi (Sternfeld, 1917)
- Trachylepis quinquetaeniata riggenbachi (Sternfeld, 1910)
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifera
Trachylepis margaritifera
The Rainbow Mabuya or Rainbow Skink is a species of Afro-Malagasy mabuya or skink in the subfamily Lygosominae...
, formerly a subspecies, was elevated to full species in 1998.