Panaspis sp. 1

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

Panaspis sp. 1

Fig. 8 c

Records.

Rock outcrops near Catchi [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001525, 001526); Catchi, basecamp [- 13.7627, 13.2562, 1597 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001528); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 820 m], (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001529 – 001531); Dry riverbed, 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8265, 13.2601, 720 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001534).

Comments.

A new species is currently being described ( MPM unpubl. data), only known from the Serra da Neve inselberg, where it is assumed to be endemic. Panaspis sp. 1 belongs to the same Central African lineages as P. cabindae and is part of the same clade as the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic islands species ( Ceríaco et al. 2020 b; MPM unpubl. data). This species shows some ecological adaptability occurring in both Miombo woodlands in the higher elevation areas but also in the arid Mopane lowlands ( MPM unpubl. data). It was recorded in sympatry with P. mocamedensis in the lowlands of the inselberg.

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).