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Mochlus guineensis (PETERS, 1879)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Lygosominae (Lygosomini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymEuprepes (Tiliqua) guineensis PETERS 1879: 773
Euprepes chaperi VAILLANT 1885: 169
Euprepes chaperi — BOULENGER 1887
Riopa guineense — SMITH 1937: 228
Mochlus guineensis — MITTLEMAN 1952: 25
Mochlus sundevalli guineensis — HOOGMOED 1980
Lygosoma guineense — GREER et al 1985
Lygosoma guineensis — BAUER et al. 1995: 61
Mochlus guineensis — SCHMITZ 1999 (pers. comm.)
Lygosoma guineensis — LEACHÉ et al. 2006
Lygosoma guineensis — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007
Mochlus guineensis — RÖDEL & SCHMITZ 2010 (IUCN)
Lygosoma chaperi — HEDGES (pers. comm. 14 May 2012)
Mochlus guineensis — TRAPE, CHIRIO & TRAPE 2012
Mochlus guineensis — FREITAS et al. 2019 
DistributionGuinea (Conakry), Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic ?, Zaire ?, Republic of South Sudan (RSS)

Type locality: “Accra [Ghana] (Westafrica)”.

chaperi: Ivory Coast; Type locality: “ à Oulougoulou, Effirou,Kinjabo, Couacrou et dans les plantations de café d'Élima.” There is an “Élima” in Ivory Coast, but not Ghana (= 5°14'N, 3°12'W, Côte d'Ivoire near the Atlantic coast and Ghana)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 8582
Syntypes: MNHN-RA 6456, 2007.2444-46 [chaperi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1125 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: Not listed by LeBreton 1999. Not listed by BROADLEY & POYNTON 1998 for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). Not in East Africa (i.e. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi fide S. Spawls, pers. comm., 28 June 2018).

Synonymy: Euprepes has been synonymized with Mabuya by BOULENGER (1887). BRYGOO 1985 listed Euprepes chaperi as a synonym of Riopa sundevalli following BOULENGER 1887. Monard 1940 also described a “Mabuia guineensis n. sp.” from Guinea-Bissau, but that may be a homonym of unclear status. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. Euprepes chaperi was named after Maurice Armand Chaper (1834−1896), an engineer, geologist (he worked on the Panama Canal project) and a paleontologist. Mr. Chaper collected the types during travel made in February and March 1882 in the former French Protectorate of Côte d’Or (southeastern Ivory Coast). 
References
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • FREITAS, ELYSE S.; ANIRUDDHA DATTA-ROY, PRAVEEN KARANTH, L. LEE GRISMER and CAMERON D. SILER 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1067–1096 - get paper here
  • Greer A E; Grandison A G C; Barbault R 1985. A new species of Lygosoma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from west Africa, with comments on its biology. Journal of Herpetology 19 (3): 365-372 - get paper here
  • Hoogmoed, M.S. 1980. Herpetologische waarnemingen in Ghana [part 5]. Lacerta 38 (7): 62-65 - get paper here
  • INEICH, IVAN; JEAN-FRANÇOIS TRAPE 2017. Euprepes chaperi Vaillant, 1884, a junior subjective synonym of Mochlus guineensis (W. Peters, 1879) (Scincidae, Lygosominae). Zootaxa 4232 (4): 585–587 - get paper here
  • Leache, A. D., Oaks, J. R., Ofori‐Boateng, C. and Fujita, M. K. 2020. Comparative phylogeography of West African amphibians and reptiles. Evolution - get paper here
  • Leaché, Adam D.; Mark-Oliver Rödel, Charles W. Linkem, Raul E. Diaz, Annika Hillers, and Matthew K. Fujita 2006. Biodiversity in a forest island: reptiles and amphibians of the Togo Hills, Kyabobo National Park, Ghana. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 4 (1): 22-45 - get paper here
  • LeBreton, Matthew 1999. A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 160 pp.
  • Monard, ALBERT 1940. Résultats de la mission du Dr. Monard en Guinée Portugaise 1937 – 1938. Arq. Mus. Bocage, Lisbon 11: 147-182
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1879. Neue oder Weniger bekannte Eidechsenarten aus der Familie der Scinciden (Eumeces güntheri, Euprepes notabilis, Ablepharus rutilus). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1879 (3): 35-37 - get paper here
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  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
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