Trachylepis albilabris ( Hallowell, 1857 )

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 52

Trachylepis albilabris ( Hallowell, 1857)

Figure 13A

Euprepes albilabris Hallowell, 1857: 51 . Type locality: “Gaboon” Gabon.

Mabuia albilabris ( Hallowell, 1857) : Boulenger 1905: 184.

Euprepis albilabris Hallowell, 1857 : Mausfeld-Lafdhiya et al. 2002 (by implication).

Trachylepis albilabris ( Hallowell, 1857) : Bauer 2003 (by implication).

Distribution. Widespread from West Africa ( Guinea Conakry) to Central-East Africa ( Uganda). In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905; Hoogmoed 1974), Benito River ( Hoogmoed 1974), Evinayong ( Hoogmoed 1974), and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 13C ).

Comments. This species is sister to T. aureogularis ( Müller, 1885) from West Africa ( Allen et al. 2019).

Specimens examined. Two specimens. Río Muni: Cabo San Juan, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) (MNCN 5812, MNCN 5814).

Figures

FIGURE 13. From left to right: dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of: Trachylepis albilabris (A) [MNCN 5814 (dorsal view) and MNCN 5812 (lateral and ventral views)], Trachylepis maculilabris (B) (EBD 31515), and Trachylepis ozori (C) (EBD 27822). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 13 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Mochlus striatus; (B) Trachylepis affinis; (C) Trachylepis albilabris.