#1769 · 🦎 reptiles

African Striped Skink

🇳🇱 Afrikaanse Gestreepte Skink ·Trachylepis striata

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Marius Burger · CC0
2. © Peter Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Natalie Lai · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Daryl de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ruben Foquet · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Morningside, Berea, 4001, South Africa:© Mahomed Desai · CC BY 4.0
7. Marloth Park, South Africa:© Peter Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre:© Daniel France · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ehlanzeni, South Africa:© Malcolm Douglas · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. KwaDukuza, South Africa:© $.Msiyane · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The African striped skink ( Trachylepis striata ), commonly called the striped skink , is a species of lizard in the skink family (Scincidae). The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa. It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,491iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,491 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Wilhelm Peters in 1844 (182 years ago).