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 affinis (Gray, 1838) Figure 12C Tiliqua affinis Gray, 1838: 289 . Type locality: not stated. Euprepis blandingii Hallowell, 1844: 58 . Type locality: “ Liberia , W. Africa ”. Euprepis raddoni Gray, 1845: 112 . Type locality: “ West Africa ”. Euprepes ( Euprepis ) aeneofuscus Peters, 1864: 54 . Type locality: “ Elmina ” ( Ghana ). Euprepes gracilis Bocage, 1872: 77 . Type locality: “ Bissau ”. Euprepes stangeri Müller, 1882: 159 . Type locality: “ Akropong ” ( Ghana ). Euprepes pantaenii Fischer, 1885: 90 . Type locality: “a: Sierra Leone , b: Cameroon ”. Euprepes cupreus Fischer, 1886: 6 . Type locality: “ Insel St. Thomé ”. Mabuia affinis (Gray, 1838) : Boulenger 1887: 166 . Euprepis affinis (Gray, 1838) : Mausfeld-Lafdhiya et al. 2002 (by implication). Trachylepis affinis (Gray, 1838) : Bauer 2003 (by implication). Distribution . Widely distributed from West Africa ( Senegal ) to Central Africa ( South Sudan ), southward to Angola , including small islands such as Príncipe . In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Pico Basilé ( Bocage 1895 a , 1903), Punta Frailes ( Boulenger 1906 ), Bococo ( Mertens 1941 ), San Carlos de Luba ( Mertens 1964a ), and Malabo (Pérez del Val 2001 ), and in Río Muni at Río Benito (Boulenger 1901, Hoogmoed 1974 ), Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905 ), Evinayong ( Hoogmoed 1974 ), and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002 ) including Monte Mitra forest ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005 ) ( Map 13B ). Comments. This is the lizard most commonly found in Monte Mitra region ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005 ). This taxon belongs to a species complex pending further systematic revisions. It contains two main lineages, one from West Africa ( Ghana ) and the other from Central-West Africa ( Allen et al. 2019 ). Specimens examined. Eighty-three specimens. Bioko : without specific locality ( MNCN 5786 ) ; Catedral Santa María , Malabo , 07 January 1973 ( EBD 22177) ; Malabo 09-12 January 1933 ( MNCN 5797–5798 ) , January 1941 ( MNCN 5806 ) , 04–12 July 1957 ( MNCN 9891 ) ; Ela Nguema , Malabo , 17 September 1984 ( EBD 18678) ; Malabo , 1 November 1983 ( EBD 22052) , February , 1986 ( EBD 20381) , 20 June 1986 ( EBD 21394, EBD 23541–23543 ) ; Las Caracolas , Finca Carboneras , Malabo , 14 June 1984 ( EBD 18703) . Río Muni : Cabo San Juan ( MNCN 5813 ) , 17 August 1901 ( MNCN 5811 ) [likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) ]; Asonga , Bata , 4 Agosto 1984 ( EBD 18704–18706 ) , 23 April 1986 ( EBD 20837) ; Mbini (a orillas del río Woro ) (banks of the Uoro River ), 17 June 1987 ( EBD 27492–27495 ) ; Covadonga , Corisco Island , 8 November 1985 ( EBD 20955) ; Bome , Bata , 1 August 1987 ( EBD 27490) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 1990 ( EBD 31521_B-8497) ; Equatorial Guinea (1989– 1990) ( EBD 32032) ; Cogo , April-June 1964 ( EBD 2814–2839 ) ; Finca de los Cocos , Cogo , Bata , from April to June 1964 ( EBD 2803–2840 ) ; Mbini , 11 June 1987 ( EBD 27691) .