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Tessellated skink

Scientific name: Trachylepis tessellata

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0363

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মোজাইক-নকশার স্কিঙ্ক
Mosaikskink
Tessellated skink
Eslizón teselado
اسکینک موزاییکی
Scinque à motifs en mosaïque
मोज़ेक-नक्शे वाला स्किंक
Kadal skink bermotif mosaik
Mengkarung bercorak mozek
Escinco-mosaico
Мозаичный сцинк
Mozaik desenli skink
موزیک نقش والا سکنک
镶嵌石龙子

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1Trachylepis tessellata — The Reptile DatabaseSRC-C540-B04-RARE-RDBTESSELLATA
2Oman reptile distribution study (2018), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190389SRC-C540-B04-RARE-OMANREPTILES2018XML
3Trachylepis tessellata Riyadh study (2025), doi:10.13057/biodiv/d260836SRC-C540-B04-RARE-TRACHYLEPIS2025INDEX
4GBIF API taxonomic match — Trachylepis tessellataSRC-DSC-F492EC4ADD

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261107T094622769 · last approved 7 November 2026

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Taxonomy

GBIF’s exact name-match result lists Trachylepis tessellata as an accepted species in family Scincidae.

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4GBIF API taxonomic match — Trachylepis tessellataSRC-DSC-F492EC4ADD

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