Accepted scientific name:
Trachylepis megalura PETERS 1878 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Trachylepis megalura PETERS 1878
Synonyms:
Eumeces massaianus FISCHER 1884 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Eumeces massaianus FISCHER 1884
Euprepes (mabuia) megalurus PETERS 1878 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Euprepes (mabuia) megalurus PETERS 1878
Euprepis megalurus MAUSFELD 2002 (synonym)
Mabuya megalura GREER 2000 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Mabuya megalura GREER 2000
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Grass-top skink - -
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Trachylepis
Distribution: Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique (limit just south of Zambezi River), Zaire (Katanga), Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, E/S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Terra typica: Taita, Kenya.
Additional data: Syntypes: ZMB 9281, 9304
Source database: TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.,
Online resource: http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Trachylepis&species=megalura
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e9eb8f8e-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201