Trachylepis wingati, also known commonly as Wingate's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to northeastern Africa.
Etymology The specific name, wingati, is in honor of Francis Reginald Wingate, who was a General in the British Army and the first British Governor of Sudan.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. (Trachylepis wingati, p. 288).
Geographic range T. wingati is found in Ethiopia and Sudan.
Description T. wingati may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The tail is slightly longer than the SVL.Werner F (1908).
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of T. wingati is unknown.
References
Further reading Bauer AM (2003). "On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks". African Journal of Herpetology 52 (1): 1–7. (Trachylepis wingati, new combination). Werner F (1908). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 116: 1823–1926 + Plates I–IV. (Mabuia wingatii, new species, pp. 1848–1850 + Plate II, figures 3, 3a). (in German).