Trachylepis ozorii (Bocage, 1893)

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 : 57

Trachylepis ozorii (Bocage, 1893)

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Mabuya ozorii Bocage, 1893a: 46 . Type locality: “Anno-Bom”. Annobon.

Mabuia ozorii Bocage, 1893 : Sternfeld 1917.

Trachylepis ozorii (Bocage, 1893) : Bauer 2003 (by implication).

Distribution. Endemic to Annobon ( Bocage 1893a,b, 1897; Boulenger 1906; Jesus et al. 2003, 2005c) ( Map 14B ).

Comments. The phylogenetic relationships of this species are not yet well studied. It is not closely related to any species from the Gulf of Guinea Islands ( Jesus et al. 2005b). Based on some morphological traits, Ceríaco et al. (2016) tentatively suggested that this species could be related to T. polytropis and T. makolowodei Chirio, Ineich, Schmitz & LeBreton, 2008 .

Specimens examined. Twenty specimens. Annobon: Aeropuerto de Anobon , 25 November 1987 ( EBD 27822) ; Annobon, November 1987 ( EBD 27808–27821 , EBD 27823, EBD 27900), 10 November 1987 ( EBD 27698, EBD 27700, EBD 27704) .

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 14 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Trachylepis maculilabris; (B) Trachylepis ozorii; (C) Trachylepis polytropis.