Trachylepis (Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas)

Genus

Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas

Trachylepis

28 species in our catalog · found in 57 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyScincidae (Skinks)
GenusTrachylepis (Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Kalahari Tree Skink

Trachylepis spilogaster

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Rainbow Skink

Trachylepis margaritifera

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Wahlberg’s Striped Skink

Trachylepis wahlbergii

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

African Five-lined Skink

Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Karasburg Tree Skink

Trachylepis sparsa

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Montane Speckled Skink

Trachylepis punctatissima

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Elegant Mabuya

Trachylepis elegans

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Gravenhorst's Mabuya

Trachylepis gravenhorstii

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

African Striped Skink

Trachylepis striata

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Speckle-lipped Mabuya

Trachylepis maculilabris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Guinea Mabuya

Trachylepis albilabris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Bocage's Mabuya

Trachylepis binotata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Eastern Sand Skink

Trachylepis depressa

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Cape Skink

Trachylepis capensis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Damara Skink

Trachylepis damarana

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Variegated Skink

Trachylepis variegata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sudan Mabuya

Trachylepis brevicollis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Western Rock Skink

Trachylepis sulcata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Red-sided Skink

Trachylepis homalocephala

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Gold-spotted Mabuya

Trachylepis aureopunctata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Tree skink

Trachylepis planifrons

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Grass-top skink

Trachylepis megalura

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Variable Skink

Trachylepis varia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sharp-lipped Mabuya

Trachylepis acutilabris

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Western three-striped skink

Trachylepis occidentalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Senegal Mabuya

Trachylepis affinis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Hoesch's Mabuya

Trachylepis hoeschi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Angolan Variable Skink

Trachylepis albopunctata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~30%

Feb

~30%

Mar

~30%

Apr

~20%

May

~20%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~30%

Aug

~20%

Sep

~30%

Oct

~30%

Nov

~30%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5	~90%
	Kalahari Tree Skink			~60%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~60%
	Damara Skink			Insufficient data
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
	Western Rock Skink			Insufficient data
2	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	8	~80%
	Kalahari Tree Skink			~40%
	Bocage's Mabuya			~30%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~20%
	Western Rock Skink			~20%
	Variegated Skink			~10%
	Damara Skink			~10%
	Cape Skink			Insufficient data
	Sharp-lipped Mabuya			Insufficient data
3	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	3	~80%
	Rainbow Skink			~60%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Damara Skink			Insufficient data
4	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	8	~80%
	Kalahari Tree Skink			~30%
	Variegated Skink			~20%
	Western Rock Skink			~20%
	Sharp-lipped Mabuya			~20%
	Western three-striped skink			~20%
	Hoesch's Mabuya			~10%
	Karasburg Tree Skink			~10%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~10%
5	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	6	~70%
	Rainbow Skink			~40%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Damara Skink			~10%
	Variable Skink			~10%
	Eastern Sand Skink			<5%
	Montane Speckled Skink			Insufficient data
6	Semuliki National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3	~70%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			Insufficient data
	Guinea Mabuya			Insufficient data
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
7	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	3	~70%
	African Five-lined Skink			~40%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
8	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~60%
	Karasburg Tree Skink			~50%
	Western three-striped skink			~10%
	Kalahari Tree Skink			~10%
9	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~60%
	African Five-lined Skink			~50%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
10	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	4	~60%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~30%
	Rainbow Skink			~20%
	Variable Skink			~20%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			Insufficient data
11	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3	~60%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~50%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			Insufficient data
	Angolan Variable Skink			Insufficient data
12	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2	~60%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~40%
	Rainbow Skink			~30%
13	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~60%
	African Five-lined Skink			~50%
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
14	Ranomafana National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2	~60%
	Gravenhorst's Mabuya			~50%
	Elegant Mabuya			Insufficient data
15	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2	~50%
	Elegant Mabuya			~50%
	Gravenhorst's Mabuya			Insufficient data
16	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4	~50%
	Eastern Sand Skink			~30%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
	Rainbow Skink			Insufficient data
17	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	3	~50%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Variable Skink			~20%
	Rainbow Skink			Insufficient data
18	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	8	~50%
	Rainbow Skink			~20%
	Tree skink			~10%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			~10%
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
	Grass-top skink			Insufficient data
	African Five-lined Skink			Insufficient data
19	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	~50%
	Montane Speckled Skink			~50%
20	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~50%
	Rainbow Skink			Insufficient data
	Tree skink			Insufficient data
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
21	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	3	~50%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Tree skink			Insufficient data
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
22	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~50%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Rainbow Skink			~20%
	Variable Skink			~10%
23	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	~40%
	African Striped Skink			~40%
24	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~40%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			Insufficient data
25	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	2	~40%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~40%
	Kalahari Tree Skink			Insufficient data
26	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	~40%
	Rainbow Skink			~20%
	Sudan Mabuya			~10%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
	African Five-lined Skink			Insufficient data
27	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~40%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Sudan Mabuya			~10%
	Tree skink			Insufficient data
28	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~40%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
29	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~40%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			~30%
	African Five-lined Skink			~20%
30	Berenty Reserve	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2	~40%
	Elegant Mabuya			Insufficient data
	Gold-spotted Mabuya			Insufficient data
31	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1	~40%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~40%
32	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~40%
	African Striped Skink			~20%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			~20%
33	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	1	~40%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~40%
34	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	2	~40%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Rainbow Skink			Insufficient data
35	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~40%
	Cape Skink			~30%
	Red-sided Skink			~10%
36	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~30%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
37	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	~30%
	African Striped Skink			~20%
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
38	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~30%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			~30%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
39	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	3	~30%
	African Striped Skink			~30%
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
	Tree skink			Insufficient data
40	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~30%
	Red-sided Skink			~20%
	Cape Skink			~10%
	Western Rock Skink			Insufficient data
41	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~30%
	Montane Speckled Skink			~30%
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
42	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	1	~30%
	Wahlberg’s Striped Skink			~30%
43	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	6	~30%
	Variable Skink			~10%
	Cape Skink			~10%
	Variegated Skink			~10%
	Western Rock Skink			Insufficient data
	Rainbow Skink			Insufficient data
	Red-sided Skink			Insufficient data
44	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	~30%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
45	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~30%
	African Striped Skink			~20%
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
46	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	~30%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
47	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4	~30%
	African Striped Skink			~20%
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
	Tree skink			Insufficient data
48	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~30%
	African Striped Skink			~20%
	Variable Skink			Insufficient data
	Sudan Mabuya			Insufficient data
49	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~20%
	African Striped Skink			~20%
	Rainbow Skink			Insufficient data
50	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	~20%
	Grass-top skink			Insufficient data
51	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	2	~20%
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			~10%
	African Striped Skink			~10%
52	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2	~20%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			Insufficient data
53	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~20%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
	Speckle-lipped Mabuya			Insufficient data
54	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~20%
	African Five-lined Skink			Insufficient data
55	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	1	~20%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data
56	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	1	~10%
	Senegal Mabuya			Insufficient data
57	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~10%
	African Striped Skink			Insufficient data