Trachylepis striata (Striped skink)

[= Mabuya striata]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Scincidae (skinks) > Genus: Trachylepis

Trachylepis striata, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]	Top right: Trachylepis striata, Mpumalanga. [photo Sharp I.C. & Sharp A. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum] Bottom right: Trachylepis striata, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]
Trachylepis striata, Limpopo. [photo Botha W. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]	Trachylepis striata, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]
Trachylepis striata, Mariental, Namibia. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]	Trachylepis striata, Tsumeb, Namibia. [photo Becker R.W. & Moller A. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]

Predators and parasites

Recorded as prey of Accipiter rufiventris (Rufous-chested sparrowhawk).