Trachylepis striata wahlbergii

Wahlberg’s Striped Skink distribution centres in the Zambezi basin, from southern Angola, Zambia and western Mozambique into Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and northern Namibia. Some taxonomists consider it to be a species in own right, though more research is required to determine whether it is fact not only a subspecies of the Striped Skink, with which it shares many behavioural traits, including giving birth to live babies from eggs that develop and hatch inside the mother’s body instead of being laid. They are quite large and may grow to a length of 11cm, excluding the tail from the measurement.