Trachylepis wingati, also known commonly as Wingate's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to northeastern Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Trachylepis |
| Species: | T. wingati
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| Trachylepis wingati (F. Werner, 1908)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, wingati, is in honor of Francis Reginald Wingate, who was a General in the British Army and the first British Governor of Sudan.[2]
Geographic range
editDescription
editT. wingati may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 10 cm (3.9 in). The tail is slightly longer than the SVL.[3]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of T. wingati is unknown.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Trachylepis wingati at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5 (Trachylepis wingati, p. 288).
- ^ Werner F (1908).
Further reading
edit- Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis wingati, new combination).
- Werner F (1908). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 116: 1823–1926 + Plates I–IV. (Mabuia wingatii, new species, pp. 1848–1850 + Plate II, figures 3, 3a). (in German).