THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Scincidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Trachylepis atlantica (Schmidt, 1945) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Attenborough’s SkinkTrachylepis attenboroughi Ceríaco, Marques, Parrinha, Tiutenko, Weinell, Butler & Bauer, 2024 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guinea MabuyaTrachylepis aureogularis (Müller, 1885) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gold-spotted MabuyaTrachylepis aureopunctata (Grandidier, 1867) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bayon's MabuyaTrachylepis bayonii (Bocage, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Betsileo MabuyaTrachylepis betsileana (Mocquard, 1906) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bocage's MabuyaTrachylepis binotata (Bocage, 1867) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bocage’s SkinkTrachylepis bocagii (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Böhme’s Grass SkinkTrachylepis boehmei Koppetsch, 2020 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boettger'sMabuyaTrachylepis boettgeri (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's MabuyaTrachylepis boulengeri (Sternfeld, 1911) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Braun's MabuyaTrachylepis brauni (Tornier, 1902) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-necked SkinkTrachylepis brevicollis (Wiegmann, 1837) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachylepis buettneri (Matschie, 1893) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape SkinkTrachylepis capensis (Gray, 1831) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Casuarina Island SkinkTrachylepis casuarinae (Broadley, 1974) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chimba SkinkTrachylepis chimbana (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachylepis comorensis (Peters, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Sand SkinkTrachylepis depressa (Peters, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-coloured skinkTrachylepis dichroma Günther, Whiting & Bauer, 2005 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachylepis dumasi (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1995) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elegant MabuyaTrachylepis elegans (Peters, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gonwouo’s skinkTrachylepis gonwouoi Allen, Tapondjou, Welton & Bauer, 2017 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gravenhorst's MabuyaTrachylepis gravenhorstii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Somali MabuyaTrachylepis hemmingi (Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoesch's MabuyaTrachylepis hoeschi (Mertens, 1954) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Huila SkinkTrachylepis huilensis (Laurent, 1964) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachylepis infralineata (Boettger, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alpine Meadow MabuyaTrachylepis irregularis (Lönnberg, 1922) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bronze Rock SkinkTrachylepis lacertiformis (Peters, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Variable skinkTrachylepis laevigata (Peters, 1869) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angolan Blue-tailed SkinkTrachylepis laevis (Boulenger, 1907) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grass SkinkTrachylepis megalura (Peters, 1878) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mulanje SkinkTrachylepis mlanjensis (Loveridge, 1953) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachylepis nancycoutuae (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1998) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Notable SkinkTrachylepis notabilis (Peters, 1879) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western three-striped skinkTrachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ovahelelo SkinkTrachylepis ovahelelo Ceríaco, Marques, Parrinha, Tiutenko, Weinell, Butler & Bauer, 2024 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachylepis ozorii (Bocage, 1893) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trachylepis pendeana (Ineich & Chirio, 2001) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tree skinkTrachylepis planifrons (Peters, 1878) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tropical MabuyaTrachylepis polytropis (Boulenger, 1903) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beautiful skinkTrachylepis pulcherrima (de Witte, 1953) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane Speckled SkinkTrachylepis punctatissima (Smith, 1849) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Speckled SkinkTrachylepis punctulata (Bocage, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African Five-lined SkinkTrachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laurent’s Long Tailed SkinkTrachylepis raymondlaurenti Marques, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Pauwels & Bauer, 2019 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rodenburg's MabuyaTrachylepis rodenburgi (Hoogmoed, 1974) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Seychelles MabuyaTrachylepis sechellensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Socotra SkinkTrachylepis socotrana (Peters, 1882) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.