Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea Author Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto Author Calvo-Revuelta, Marta 0000-0002-8628-1055 Author Riva, Ignacio De La 0000-0001-5064-4507 albertosv@mncn.csic.es text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-03 5202 1 1 197 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 journal article 182444 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 45ba25c1-47a9-4001-93d9-294815bf37e7 1175-5326 7285600 BF4831D2-D98B-4265-9138-03DB8607B826 Trachylepis polytropis ( Boulenger, 1903 ) Mabuia polytropis Boulenger, 1903: 433 . Type locality: “Benito River district, Gaboon”, Río Benito district , Río Muni , Equatorial Guinea . Mabuya polytropis ( Boulenger, 1903 ) : Schmidt 1919: 531 . Euprepis polytropis ( Boulenger, 1903 ) : Mausfeld-Lafdhiya et al. 2002 (by implication). Trachylepis polytropis ( Boulenger, 1903 ) : Bauer 2003 (by implication). Distribution . This species ranges across West and Central Africa, from Liberia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo . In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Bioko ( Hoogmoed 1974 ) at Punta Frailes ( Boulenger 1906 ), between San Carlos and Batete ( Mertens 1964a ), and at a beach (likely in Aleñá) across from the Island of Loros ( Mertens 1964a ), and from Río Muni at Benito River ( Boulenger, 1903 ), and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002 ) including Monte Mitra forest ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005 ) ( Map 14C ). Comments. This species is related to T. maculilabris ( Allen et al. 2017 , 2019 ). Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon were found in the examined collections.