Trachylepis perrotetii ( Duméril & Bibron, 1839 )

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean-François, Afiademanyo, Komlan M., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain, David, Patrick, Meirte, Danny, Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, Petrozzi, Fabio & Luiselli, Luca, 2015, Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation, Zoosystema 37 (2), pp. 381-402 : 386

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scientific name	Trachylepis perrotetii ( Duméril & Bibron, 1839 )
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Trachylepis perrotetii ( Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Euprepes perrotetii Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 669 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 32 specimens: Togo. Agoé , MNHN 2006.2230 About MNHN - 2231 About MNHN and 2006.2216-2217 ; Fazao, coll.JFT 2196; Huiléhoé, coll. JFT 2173, N’Gambi in National Park of Kéran, MNHN 2006.2232 About MNHN - 2233 About MNHN ; no precise locality, ZMB 16094, 16287 View Materials , 16097 View Materials , 16095 View Materials , 16093 View Materials , 16099 View Materials , 11252 View Materials and 16277 .

Benin. MNHN 1986.758-764 and 1986.775-776.; Ghana: Kété- Kratchi ZMB 16098;

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — Trachylepis perrotetii is widespread in Togo, and has been recorded from all the five ecological zones of the country. It colonizes many habitats, and is especially common in open areas. It was first cited to occur in Togo by Matschie (1893).

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This species occurs with two forms, one of them being much more robust and of greater size than the other. We considered these two forms as intraspecific variation, showing variation in the absence of the pair of transversal nuchals, but further research may be needed in this regard.