Speckle-lipped Mabuya

Speckle-lipped Mabuya

Trachylepis maculilabris

Silhouette: David Orr · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
at Bujumbura

In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%

5 Verified sightings at Bujumbura
49 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Speckle-lipped Mabuya

Trachylepis maculilabris is a species of skink. Commonly referred to as the speckle-lipped skink or speckle-lipped mabuya. It is distributed through much of sub-Saharan Africa. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Odzala-Kokoua National Park 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
~30%
2 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%
3 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~30%
4 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bujumbura 🇧🇮 Burundi
~60%
2 Yaoundé 🇨🇲 Cameroon
~60%
3 Zanzibar City 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
4 Kigali 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~30%
5 Dar es-Salaam 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
6 Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Speckle-lipped Mabuya in Bujumbura?

Likely

About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-lipped Mabuya sighting in Bujumbura on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

What time of day is best to see a Speckle-lipped Mabuya?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Speckle-lipped Mabuya sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Bujumbura the best place to see a Speckle-lipped Mabuya?

Yes

Of the 6 cities where we can rate Speckle-lipped Mabuya sightings, Bujumbura has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 60%) and Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 40%).

Where does the Speckle-lipped Mabuya sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Speckle-lipped Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Bujumbura (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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