Psammophylax tritaeniatus (Günther, 1868)

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

Psammophylax tritaeniatus (Günther, 1868)

Fig. 11 a

Record.

Catchi surroundings [- 13.7620, 13.2569, 1585 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001546).

Comments.

This species occurs in mid to high-elevation areas throughout southern and eastern Africa ( Spawls et al. 2018). Previous records from Angola are from high-elevation areas of the Escarpment ( Marques et al. 2018). This specimen represents the first record for Namibe Province and the westernmost record for P. tritaeniatus . Further sampling across the species range may reveal additional cryptic diversity ( Keates et al. 2019).

Figures

Figure 11. a Psammophylax tritaeniatus b Dasypeltis scabra c Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus. Photographs by DP (a) and LMPC (b, c).