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Short-necked Skink

Trachylepis brevicollis

Classification

Family
Scincidae

Trachylepis brevicollis, the short-necked skink or Sudan mabuya, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is distributed across northeastern and eastern Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Taxonomy and etymology The species was originally described by Wiegmann in 1837 as Euprepes brevicollis.

Distribution

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