Trachylepis maculilabris
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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 |
No species of the same family or order lives in Queen Elizabeth National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-lipped Mabuya sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 7 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.
November and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Speckle-lipped Mabuya in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June and September–October, the lowest months.
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.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Speckle-lipped Mabuya sightings, Queen Elizabeth National Park ranks 3rd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 30%) and Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckle-lipped Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Queen Elizabeth National Park (18 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.
