Description
''T. striata'' is brown or bronze-coloured with two yellowish stripes that run lengthwise on either side of the spine. Both sexes grow to a total length (including tail) of .Spawls S, Howell KM, Drewes RC (2006). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa''. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Their tails are often missing due to predators.Geographic range and subspecies
Former subspecies '' T. s. punctatissima'', '' T. s. sparsa'', and '' T. s. wahlbergii'' have been elevated to species level.References
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Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (''Mabuia striata'', pp. 204–205; ''Mabuia wahlbergii'', pp. 205–206). * Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (''Mabuya striata'', pp. 156–157 + Plate 54). * Peters W (1844). "''Über einege neue Fische und Amphibien aus Angola und Mozambique'' ". ''Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' 1844: 32–37. (''Tropidolepisma striatum'', new species, pp. 36–37). (in German). Trachylepis Skinks of Africa Reptiles described in 1844 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Lizards of Africa Reptiles of South Africa {{Lygosominae-stub