Heliobolus crawfordi Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer, 2022

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

Heliobolus crawfordi Marques, Ceríaco, Heinicke, Chehouri, Conradie, Tolley & Bauer, 2022

Fig. 7 b, c

Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1316, 681 m] ( CAS 266267 – 266269, 266271, 266273, 266275; INBAC / AMB 10335); near Maylowe [- 13.8113, 13.3222, 879 m] ( CAS 266120, 266121, 266146; INBAC / LMPC 1220, 1221; MHNC-UP / REP 869 – 871); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2416, 804 m] (MUNHCA / MB 03 - 001709 - 001713).

Comments.

Endemic to Angola and restricted to the central coastal regions of the country, including the surroundings of Serra da Neve ( Marques et al. 2022). It is absent from higher elevations in Serra da Neve but abundant in the surrounding lowlands.

Figures

Figure 7. a Rhoptropus aff. montanus b Heliobolus crawfordi (adult) c Heliobolus crawfordi (juvenile) d Pedioplanis haackei e Pedioplanis serodioi f Cordylus phonolithos g Cordylosaurus subtessellatus h Gerrhosaurus sp. Photographs by AT (a, b, e, f, h) and LMPC (c, d, g).