Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus Mertens, 1954

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

Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus Mertens, 1954

Fig. 11 c

Records.

vic. N’Dolondolo [- 13.8105, 13.1361, 707 m] ( CAS 263029); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 803 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001547).

Comments.

The collected specimens exhibit more than 60 dark blotches on the back. This fits in the range attributed to the subspecies polystictus rather than to the nominotypical form (20 – 50 blotches according to Branch 1998). This is the first confirmed record for Angola of this subspecies that is otherwise known from neighboring Namibia.

Figures

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