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title: "African Striped Skink"
description: "Trachylepis striata — Répteis. The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family (Scincidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/african-striped-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Striped Skink

> Trachylepis striata — Répteis. The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family (Scincidae).

- Scientific name: *Trachylepis striata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 5381
- Wikidata: [Q978388](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978388)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37418](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37418)

## Names

- en: African Striped Skink
- de: Streifenskink
- es: Eslizón Estriado Africano
- fr: Scinque strié
- nl: Afrikaanse gestreepte skink

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (3112), TZ (625), KE (462), MZ (260), MW (153), ET (108), UG (86), RW (72), SZ (60), ZW (48), BW (15), BI (7)

## Summary

The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family (Scincidae). The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa. It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachylepis_striata

## Photo

![African Striped Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-striped-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37418

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-striped-skink?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).