Trachylepis affinis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Trachylepis affinis, the Senegal mabuya, is a species of skink found in Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abidjan | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | |
| 2 | Lagos | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 3 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Taï National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Senegal Mabuya sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 9 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Senegal Mabuya in Taï National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April and June, the lowest months. October to February have too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Senegal 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 Taï National Park, in our data
Taï National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Senegal Mabuya sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Senegal Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Taï National Park (5 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.
