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Trachylepis polytropis (BOULENGER, 1903)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tropical Mabuya 
SynonymMabuia polytropis BOULENGER 1903: 433
Mabuya polytropis — SCHMIDT 1919: 531
Mabuya polytropis — LOVERIDGE 1936: 66
Mabuya polytropis — GREER et al. 2000
Euprepis polytropis — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Trachylepis polytropis — BAUER 2003
Trachylepis polytropis — PAUWELS et al. 2004
Mabuya polytropis — BURGER et al. 2004
Trachylepis polytropis — ALLEN et al. 2017 
DistributionLiberia, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, C Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Bioko = Fernando Po, Central African Republic, Togo, Equatorial Guinea

Type locality: Benito River, Gaboon.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1901.8.1.14, Benito River district, French Congo, collected G.L. Bates; 1946.8.18.18-20 (formerly 1902.11.12.21-22), Efulen, Bulu Country, S. Cameroon, collected G.L. Bates. 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
References
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  • Allen, Kaitlin E.; WALTER P. TAPONDJOU N., LUKE J. WELTON, AARON M. BAUER 2017. A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central Africa and a key to the Trachylepis of West and Central Africa. Zootaxa 4268 (2): 255–269 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 429-435 - get paper here
  • Branch, W.R. & Rödel, M.-O. 2003. Herpetological survey of the Haute Dodo and Cavally forests, western ivory Coast, Part II: Trapping, results and reptiles. Salamandra 39 (1): 21-38 - get paper here
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  • Chirio, L. & I. INEICH 2001. Description d'un nouveau scincidé endémique des montagnes du Cameroun (Lacertilia: Mabuya mekuana). Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., 125(3): 185-196 [2000, see Fretey 2023]
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  • Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59. - get paper here
  • Chirio, Laurent, Ivan Ineich, Andreas Schmitz and Matthew LeBreton. 2008. A new species of Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central African forests. African Journal of Herpetology 57(1):13-28 - get paper here
  • Gonwouo, Nono LeGrand; Tchassem Fonkwa Arnaud Marius, Doherty-Bone Thomas, Rödel Mark-Oliver 2021. Amphibian and reptiles of a proposed iron ore mining concession in southern Cameroon. Herpetology Notes 14: 1051-1065
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