Trachylepis wingati

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.

Trachylepis wingati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Trachylepis
Species:	T. wingati
Binomial name
Trachylepis wingati (F. Werner, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
Mabuia wingatii F. Werner, 1908 Euprepis wingati — Mausfeld & Schmitz, 2003 Trachylepis wingati — Bauer, 2003 Mabuya wingatii — Largen & Spawls, 2010 Trachylepis (Mabuya) wingatii — Kirschey, 2016

Etymology

The 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

T. wingati is found in Ethiopia and Sudan.^[1]

Description

T. 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

The mode of reproduction of T. wingati is unknown.^[1]