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GBIF·5225388speciesAnimalia5,337 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyScincidae
  5. ›genusTrachylepis
Trachylepis margaritifera
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Rainbow Skink

Trachylepis margaritifera (Peters, 1854)

First described in: Peters, W. C. H. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Trachylepis margaritifera in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5225388.