A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Amhara Region Ethiopia, and a key to the Ethiopian Trachylepis Author Koppetsch, Thore text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-05 4859 1 113 126 journal article 8276 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.1.4 6303d7d7-7af1-492e-a328-5ed621fa16f9 1175-5326 4412836 AF2E6FB9-A7E7-4343-B537-EBD8AA0B2306

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Species	Trachylepis boehmei sp. nov.	Trachylepis irregularis	Trachylepis megalura	Trachylepis megalura		Trachylepis varia
SC	4.8 ± 0.4 4 5	4.0 ± 0.0 4 4	4.8 ± 0.4 4 5	– –	–	5.0 ± 0.0 5.0	5.0
SL	7.0 ± 0.0 7 7	7.0 ± 0.0 7 7	7.1 ± 0.3 7 8	– –	–	7.0 ± 0.0 7.0	7.0
CP	[c] – s	c – s	s	–		c – [c]
CFP	c	c	c	–		c
CSN	c	c	c – [c]	c		c
CPF	[c] – s	[c] – s	[c] – s	usually [c] – s		s
DK	smooth	3–4 (distinct)	3 (indistinct)	3 (indistinct)		3 (distinct)
colouration	throat with 11–12 stripes; lateral white stripe from eye to tail; dorsally pale brownish with 6–8 darkish brown stripes from neck to the end of the tail; ventrally unpatterned cremish white; head with brown spots	throat with 12–14 indistinct stripes; 2 lateral white stripes (encompassing several lateral whitish spots) from eye to base of the tail; dorsally brownish with single darkish brown spots/bands and a dorsal whitish/golden double- line from neck to base of the tail; ventrally unpatterned	throat with 10–12 indistinct stripes; lateral white stripe from eye to tail; dorsally darkish golden-brown with 4 darkish brown (indistinct) stripes/bands from neck to base of the tail; ventrally cremish white	light orange-brown to grey- brown above, with a white lateral band/stripe		laterally 2 white bands side; dorsally beige brownish colouration with indistinct dark brown spot; ventrally cremish white;