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Rainbow skink

Trachylepis margaritifera

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Female

Species ID Suggestions

Rainbow skink (female)

Trachylepis margaritifera

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Fanie
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five-lined mabuya, rainbow skink

Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

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Scott Frazier
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Fanie
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifera, a subspecies of Trachylepis quinquetaeniata was promoted to species level in 1998, now called Trachylepis margaritifera with a distribution of South Africa to Malawi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachylepis_margaritifera

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PublishedNovember 27, 2013

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