Matobosaurus maltzahni (De Grys, 1938)

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

Matobosaurus maltzahni (De Grys, 1938)

Fig. 8 a

Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] ( INBAC / AMB 10280); Rock outcrops near Catchi [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001779); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 820 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001780).

Comments.

The species is known from the northwestern regions of Namibia to the southwestern regions of Angola, where it occurs in the western lowlands of Namibe and Benguela provinces and neighboring Huíla Province ( Marques et al. 2018). It occurs in a variety of micro-habitats, from rock outcrops to woodlands. The specimen MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001780 was found at night, sleeping inside a hollow trunk of a Mopane tree.

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).