Ichnotropis bivittata Bocage, 1866

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 147

Ichnotropis bivittata Bocage, 1866

On 22 November 2016 at midday SM encountered an adult individual in Bakoumba ( Fig. 9 ). It shows strongly keeled scales on the dorsal surface of its head, smooth and imbricate cycloid ventrals; its dorsals and supracaudals are lanceolate and strongly keeled. A short fold in front of each arm houses red mites, and mites are also gathered in a pocket above the posterior insertion of the hind limbs. This represents only the second locality for the whole country. The species was recently reported for the first time from Gabon based on a single specimen from Lékédi Park ( Ineich and Le Garff 2015). This lacertid species is most probably widespread in the savannas of southeastern Gabon and is expected to occur in Plateaux Batéké NP .

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Fig. 9. Adult Ichnotropis bivittata in Bakoumba, Haut-Ogooué Prov., southeastern Gabon. Photograph by S. Morelle.