Trachylepis acutilabris
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The wedge-snouted skink or sharp-lipped mabuya (Trachylepis acutilabris) is a species of skink found in Namibia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sharp-lipped Mabuya sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sharp-lipped Mabuya in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, July–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sharp-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.
Only Namib-Naukluft National Park, in our data
Namib-Naukluft National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sharp-lipped Mabuya sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Trachylepis
The closest relatives of the Sharp-lipped Mabuya that you can see in Namib-Naukluft National Park (genus Trachylepis, Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas) are Kalahari Tree Skink (about 30%), Variegated Skink (about 20%) and Western three-striped skink (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sharp-lipped Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (22 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
