Hemidactylus benguellensis Bocage, 1893

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

Hemidactylus benguellensis Bocage, 1893

Fig. 5 h

Records.

Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] ( CAS 263367 – 263372); N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] ( CAS 263536 – 263540; UF 187202; INBAC / AMB 10237, 10245); vic. N’Dolondolo [- 13.8068, 13.1351, 754 m] ( CAS 263549); Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m] ( CAS 266144); Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001555, 001556); MPLA post near Catchi [- 13.7618, 13.2514, 1614 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001799); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 820 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001557, 001558).

Comments.

The species is endemic to southwestern Angola and northern Namibia ( Marques et al. 2018; Ceríaco et al. 2020 c; Lobón-Rovira et al. 2021). Although H. benguellensis appears to be very common in the Angolan Escarpment areas, it has also been found in more coastal environments in southwestern Namibe Province ( Lobón-Rovira et al. 2021). The species is strongly associated with rupiculous habitats.

Genus Chondrodactylus Peters, 1870

Figures

Figure 5. a Phrynobatrachus natalensis b Amietia angolensis c Tomopterna ahli d Tomopterna tuberculosa e Kinixys belliana f Stigmochelys pardalis g Afroedura praedicta h Hemidactylus benguellensis. Photographs by AT (a, b, d, h) and LMPC (c, e – g).