Trachylepis maculilabris
Silhouette: David Orr · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bujumbura | 🇧🇮 Burundi | |
| 2 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 3 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-lipped Mabuya sighting in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 6 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-lipped Mabuya in Dar es-Salaam on a given day, against under 5% in April, July, September and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Dar es-Salaam's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 10 mm in July.
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.
5th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Speckle-lipped Mabuya sightings, Dar es-Salaam ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Bujumbura (Burundi, about 60%), Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 60%) and Zanzibar City (Tanzania, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckle-lipped Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Dar es-Salaam (7 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.
