Trachylepis albopunctata (Bocage, 1867)

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

Trachylepis albopunctata (Bocage, 1867)

Fig. 8 e

Records.

Rock outcrop near Basecamp 1 [- 13.7864, 13.2575, 1596 m] ( CAS 263560); Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001384, 001516; INBAC / LMPC 1265); Catchi surroundings [- 13.7620, 13.2569, 1585 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001468, 001469, 001486 – 001498, 001500 – 001502, 001504 – 001508); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 818 m] ( MUHNAC / MB 03 - 001509); Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001499, 001503).

Comments.

The species is widely distributed in Angola, except for the southeastern areas of the country, where it is replaced by Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870) . The Angolan population was long identified as Trachylepis varia (Peters, 1867) , but recent reviews by Weinell and Bauer (2018) and Ceríaco et al. (2024) validated the specific status of albopunctata .

Figures

Figure 8. a Matobosaurus maltzahni b Acontias mukwando c Panaspis sp. 1 d Sepsina copei e Trachylepis albopunctata f Trachylepis ansorgii g Trachylepis binotata h Trachylepis bouri. Photographs by AT (a – c, e – h); LMPC (d).