Trachylepis vato

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Trachylepis vato (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994)

Holotype: UMMZ 196208, mature ♂, collected by R.A. Nussbaum on 25 October 1990.
Type locality: “south bank of Mananara River between Bevia and Hazofotsy, 24°50'S, 46°31'E, 50 m elevation, Tôlanaro (Ft. Dauphin) Fivondronana, Toliara (Tuléar) Province, Madagascar”.

Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A New Species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Southern Madagascar. Herpetologica 50(3): 309–319. JSTOR Reference page.

Raxworthy, C.J. & Vences, M. 2010. IUCN: Trachylepis vato (). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178202A7496666. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178202A7496666.en. Accessed on 07 November 2025.