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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Guinea Mabuya 
SynonymEuprepes albilabris HALLOWELL 1857
? Euprepes frenatus HALLOWELL 1857
Euprepes Blandingii — BOCAGE 1866: 44
Euprepes Blandingii — PETERS 1877: 614
Mabuia raddoni — BOULENGER 1887 (part.)
Mabuia Raddonii — BOCAGE 1895: 40
Mabouia raddoni — GÜNTHER 1896: 264
Mabuia benitensis BOULENGER 1901: 15
Mabuya radoni — FERREIRA 1903: 14
Mabuya radoni — PARKER 1936: 138
Mabuya radoni — HELLMICH 1957: 55
Mabuia albilabris BOULENGER 1905
Mabuya raddoni — SCHMIDT 1919: 534 (part.)
? Mabuia Raddoni — CHABANAUD 1921 (part.)
Mabuya blandingii — LOVERIDGE 1936 (part.)
Mabuya albilabris — HOOGMOED 1974: 13
Mabuya albilabris — GREER et al. 2000
Euprepis albilabris — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Trachylepis albilabris — BAUER 2003
Trachylepis albilabris — PAUWELS et al. 2004
Mabuya albilabris — BURGER et al. 2004
Trachylepis albilabris — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 133
Trachylepis albilabris — CERIACO et al. 2024: 10 
DistributionGuinea (Conakry), Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda [HR 31: 254], Sierra Leone ?, Liberia ?, Togo ?, Benin ?, Nigeria ?, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Angola

Type locality: Gabon.

Euprepis frenatus Hallowell, 1857, Type locality, “Liberia.”

Mabuia benitensis: Type locality: Benito River, French Congo.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: lost, was probably in ANSP, but now possibly lost (not mentioned by Malnate 1971), fide Glenn Shea, pers. comm., 19 May 2019. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A medium-sized lizard with a moderately long tail. A pair of nuchals is present, the supranasals are usually separated, the prefrontals form a distinct suture in most specimens. Only one scale between the fourth supraocular and the anterior supratemporal. The posterior supratemporal is larger than the anterior one. Dorsals tricarinate. The number of lamellae under the fourth toe varies between 14 and 18, but mostly is 15 or 16. Under the fourth finger there are 11-15, mostly 11 or 12 lamellae. Brown above, flanks dark-brown, either ventrally bordered by a narrow white lateral line or not. Belly greenish-white, males with black spots on the throat. A light spot on the side of the neck in adult specimens (Hoogmoed 1974: 14).


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CommentSynonymy after HOOGMOED 1974. Schmidt (1919) considered albilabris (as previous authors) as a synonym of blandingii (= affinis). Euprepes aureogularis MÜLLER 1885 has been removed from the synonymy of T. albolabris. Boulenger 1903: 433 synonymized M. benitensis with M. raddoni.

Distribution: Not listed in LeBreton 1999 for Cameroon. For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022.

Similar species: T. affinis (and others). See Diagnosis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “albus, -a, -um” = white and “labrum” = lip. 
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