Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845)

Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount & Highlands, Bamenda, 2015, The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2), pp. 15-38 : 25

Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) (33 specimens)

Material: MNHN-RA 1997.3643 (pass on the Bafoussam road, elev. 1,850 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, April 1997) – MNHN-RA 1998.0289-0293 (five specimens, Mt. Oku , five km north of Oku village, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 25, 1998) – MNHN-RA 2005.1610-1611 (two specimens, Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, respectively July 8, 2002, and December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1616 (Bingo village, between Ijim and Bamenda, 6.162°N and 10.319°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.1617 ( Bali Ngemba village , 5.833°N and 10.077°E, elev. 1,398 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1623 ( Bamboutos , waterfall and sacred forest, 5.622°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,350 m, coll. CamHerp, May 5, 2001) – MNHN-RA 2005.1692-1693 ( Bingo village , 6.166°N and 10.290°E, elev. 1,435 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1761 ( Idjim village , Birdlife Project, 6.226°N and 10.433°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.1762 ( Jakiri village , road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1847-1848 (two specimens, Mbiame village , 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1852 ( Mbockghas , 6.222°N and 10.582°E, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1853-1858 (six specimens, Mboh village , 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002 [.1853], and July 8, 2002 [.1854-1858]) – MNHN-RA 2005.1897 (Mufe village, 6.30°N and 10.35°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1935-1938 (four specimens, Mt. Oku , Simonkuh village, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002, and December 14, 2002 [.1938]) – MNHN-RA 2005.1944 (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1958-1959 (two specimens, Sarkong Hill , west of Jakiri, 6.054°N and 10.598°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2484 ( Tefo village , 6.30°N and 10.37°E, elev. 1,700 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) .

This skink has a wide distribution in Africa and in Cameroon it is found in a variety of habitats from lowland forests to altitude grasslands. The species is also anthropophilic and can be abundant in gardens and villages in the southern half of the country. This lizard occurs from sea level to above 2,550 m at Mt. Lefo or on the top of Mt. Nlonako around 1,825 m ( Herrmann et al. 2005). In East Africa T. maculilabris is reported from the seaside to above 2,300 m ( Spawls et al. 2002; Largen and Spawls 2010). Note, however, that its taxonomy is not clearly established ( Mausfeld et al. 2004) and that it currently represents a species complex containing several cryptic taxa.