DWARF PLATED LIZARD – Fig. 16

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)

MATERIAL.— INP, 20 km SSW of Espinheira, 30 November 2013, 16º55ʹ54.1ʺS, 12º14ʹ42.0ʺE, 631 m (CAS 254785).

COMMENTS.— The species is known from the coastal areas of Benguela Province (Bocage 1867, 1895; Boulenger 1887) and from the Curoca River in Namibe Province (Bocage 1895). This specimen represents the southernmost record for Angola. The specimen was found hiding in a granite boulder crevice. Extralimitally, the species is widely distributed from the Little Karoo in the Western Cape of South Africa, north through the entire length of Namibia (Branch 1998).