Die bontskink (Trachylepis variegata) is 'n akkedisspesie wat inheems in Suider-Afrika voorkom.
Voorkomsgebied Die skinkspesie word aangetref in Namibië (tipies in Damaraland), Botswana, Suid-Afrika (behalwe Suid-Kaap en Mpumalanga), suidelike Mosambiek, suidelike Angola, Zambië en noordwestelike Zimbabwe.
Verwysings
Bronne Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
Bauer, A.M., en Branch, W.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8: 111-160
Conradie, Werner; Brian Reeves, Neil Brown, & Jan A. Venter 2016. Herpetofauna of the Oviston, Commando Drift and Tsolwana nature reserves in the arid interior of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Indago 32: pp 81-98
Huey, Raymond B.; Eric R. Pianka 1977. Seasonal Variation in Thermoregulatory Behavior and Body Temperature of Diurnal Kalahari Lizards. Ecology 58 (5): pp 1066-1075
Tolley KA, Telford NS, Makhubo BG, Power RJ, Alexander GJ 2023. Filling the gap: Noteworthy herpetological discoveries in North West Province, South Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): pp 101-116
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