Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845)

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 : 148

Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845)

The individual RBINS 18501 was encountered by SM on 4 January 2017 in Lékédi Park. It shows a transparent disk in each lower eyelid, 4/4 supraoculars, 5/5 supraciliaries; 6/6 supralabials; supranasals separated by a narrow gap, prefrontals separated by a narrow gap; 54 scales on a line between the nuchals and a point above the base of the tail; a snout-vent length of 71 mm, a tail length of 125 mm; and 30 scale rows at midbody, each dorsal scale with 5, sometimes 6 or 7, keels. RBINS 18502 was found by SM in the park on 19 August 2017. It shows a transparent disk in each lower eyelid, 4/4 supraoculars, 5/5 supraciliaries; 7/7 supralabials; supranasals separated, prefrontals in contact; 54 scales on a line between the nuchals and a point above the base of the tail; a snout-vent length of 64 mm, a tail length of 132 mm; and 30 scale rows at midbody; each dorsal scale with 5 keels. This species is locally common in open areas in the park, and was regularly observed by SM in 2016 and 2017. It had already been recorded and documented from the park by Ineich and Le Garff (2015) .