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African Five-lined Skink
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to sub-Saharan Africa. It was introduced via the pet trade during the 2000s and is established in Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida (Krysko et al., 2010, Reptiles & Amphibians 17: 183–184; Krysko, 2019, Trachylepis quinquetaeniata quinquetaeniata. Pages 404–406 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Five lined Galley-wasp (Tiliqua guinquetaeniata: Gray, John E. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1823 Lichtenstein, M. Hinrich C. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen. [ist of doubles from the Royal Zoological Museum. University of Berlin with a description of many previously unknown species of mammals, birds, amphibians and fish.] Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss./ T. Trautwein, Berlin, Germany. 118pp.
2010 Krysko, Kenneth L., Steve A. Johnson, Kyle E. Giddens, Kurt H. Gielow, Travis S. Lowke, William M. Moore, Eric Suarez , Cailey D. Thomas, Alec S. Shoeslon, Joseph P. Burgess. Catherine A. Smith, and Brittany A. Garner. The African Five-lined Skink, Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein 1823): A new established species In Florida. Reptiles & Amphibians 17(3):183-184

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