Leptotyphlops cf. scutifrons (Peters, 1854)

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

Leptotyphlops cf. scutifrons (Peters, 1854)

Record.

vic. Mamué [- 13.7877, 13.1257, 1600 m] ( CAS 264756).

Comments.

Leptotyphlops scutifrons is widely distributed in southern Africa. It was recorded from several localities in the Angolan Plateau ( Broadley and Broadley 1999; Conradie et al. 2016 b; Marques et al. 2018). Although some historical records may refer to Namibiana latifrons (Sternfeld, 1908) ( Marques et al. 2018) , our specimen agrees almost completely with the diagnosis of L. scutifrons that was provided by Broadley and Broadley (1999). Nevertheless, this taxon should be treated as a species complex with multiple divergent lineages ( Adalsteinsson et al. 2009). In Angola, it is mostly restricted to the highlands of the Escarpment and Central Plateau ( Marques et al. 2018).