Original article

A review of the Mabuya quinquetaeniata complex in East Africa (Sauria: Scincidae)

Published in: African Journal of Herpetology
Volume 47 , issue 2 , 1998 , pages: 43–58

DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1998.9650002

Author(s): DonaldG. Broadley , , , , AaronM. Bauer , , Villanova University, U.S.A.

Keywords: Mabuya quinquetaeniata , taxonomy , East Africa

Abstract

Much of the available material of the Mabuya quinquetaeniata complex from south of Latitude 5°N and east of Longitude 25°E has been examined. Mabuya margaritifera (peters) is reinstated as a full species, which is sympatric with M. quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein) in southeastern Kenya. Mabuya pulcherrima De Witte is recognised as a full species in the Shaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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