Hi folks, I've a new challenge for you. Can anybody tell me which reptile this is? Seen at Namutoni, Etosha NP, Namibia. I guess it's a skink, maybe a juvenile Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink (Panaspis wahlbergii). What do you think?
Thanks in advance and many greetings from Germany.
PS: Of course I've checked the AW Reptile Book but haven't found this one.
Lizard Identification
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Re: Lizard Identification
I think it lost its tail in a misfortune, Saint!
Let's see!
Let's see!
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Re: Lizard Identification
One of the striped skink complex: Trachylepis sp.
perhaps T. (striata) wahlbergii or T. spilogaster
http://biodiversityexplorer.info/reptil ... gaster.htm
These ones are found in Etosha:
Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters, 1862) WEDGE-SNOUTED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis binotata (Bocage, 1867) GIANT TREE SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis capensis (Gray, 1831) CAPE SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867) WESTERN THREE-LINED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis chimbana (Boulenger, 1887) CHIMBANA SKINK RARE(?)
Trachylepis variegata (Peters, 1870) WESTERN VARIEGATED SKINK SECURE - SP (taxonomy)
Trachylepis punctulata (Bocage, 1872) EASTERN VARIEGATED SKINK SECURE –SP (taxonomy)
Trachylepis spilogaster (Peters, 1882) NAMIBIAN TREE SKINK ENDEMIC (∀90%) & SECURE
Trachylepis hoeschi (Mertens, 1954) WESTERN ROCK SKINK ENDEMIC (∀95%) & SECURE - SP (distribution)
Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, 1870) WAHLBERG’S STRIPED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis sparsa (Mertens, 1954) NAMIBIAN STRIPED SKINK ENDEMIC (+-80%) & SECURE
Trachylepis punctatissima (A. Smith, 1849) CAPE STRIPED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867) KOPPIE SKINK SECURE - SP (taxonomy of subspecies)
Trachylepis varia (Peters, 1867) COMMON VARIABLE SKINK SECURE –SP (taxonomy)
Trachylepis lacertiformis (Peters, 1854) BRONZE ROCK SKINK NOT YET RECORDED (Kaokoveld) (RARE?)
Trachylepis laevis Boulenger, 1907 KAOKOVELD FLAT ROCK SKINK SECURE
perhaps T. (striata) wahlbergii or T. spilogaster
http://biodiversityexplorer.info/reptil ... gaster.htm
These ones are found in Etosha:
Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters, 1862) WEDGE-SNOUTED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis binotata (Bocage, 1867) GIANT TREE SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis capensis (Gray, 1831) CAPE SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867) WESTERN THREE-LINED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis chimbana (Boulenger, 1887) CHIMBANA SKINK RARE(?)
Trachylepis variegata (Peters, 1870) WESTERN VARIEGATED SKINK SECURE - SP (taxonomy)
Trachylepis punctulata (Bocage, 1872) EASTERN VARIEGATED SKINK SECURE –SP (taxonomy)
Trachylepis spilogaster (Peters, 1882) NAMIBIAN TREE SKINK ENDEMIC (∀90%) & SECURE
Trachylepis hoeschi (Mertens, 1954) WESTERN ROCK SKINK ENDEMIC (∀95%) & SECURE - SP (distribution)
Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, 1870) WAHLBERG’S STRIPED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis sparsa (Mertens, 1954) NAMIBIAN STRIPED SKINK ENDEMIC (+-80%) & SECURE
Trachylepis punctatissima (A. Smith, 1849) CAPE STRIPED SKINK SECURE
Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867) KOPPIE SKINK SECURE - SP (taxonomy of subspecies)
Trachylepis varia (Peters, 1867) COMMON VARIABLE SKINK SECURE –SP (taxonomy)
Trachylepis lacertiformis (Peters, 1854) BRONZE ROCK SKINK NOT YET RECORDED (Kaokoveld) (RARE?)
Trachylepis laevis Boulenger, 1907 KAOKOVELD FLAT ROCK SKINK SECURE
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Re: Lizard Identification
The second one is a Ground agama, relatively large earhole is distinctive
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Re: Lizard Identification
Thank you Klipspringer for answering these old posts
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Re: Lizard Identification
Thank you Klipspringer.
I checked your list and I guess it's indeed a very young Kalahari Tree Skink (Trachylepis spilogaster).
If this guy from SA http://www.tyroneping.co.za/trachylepis ... ree-skink/ is right, we are right, too.
Greetings.
PS: I have some more pictures for you - one more skink, an agame, a beetle, a turtle - but not today.
I checked your list and I guess it's indeed a very young Kalahari Tree Skink (Trachylepis spilogaster).
If this guy from SA http://www.tyroneping.co.za/trachylepis ... ree-skink/ is right, we are right, too.
Greetings.
PS: I have some more pictures for you - one more skink, an agame, a beetle, a turtle - but not today.