Amblysomus hottentotus (A. Smith, 1829) . Zool. J., 4:436.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Interior parts of South Africa ", Grahamstown, E Cape Province, South Africa .

DISTRIBUTION: Natal, Lesotho, Swaziland and Transvaal to S Cape Prov. (South Africa); also NE Orange Free State.

SYNONYMS: albifrons, devilliersi, drakensbergensis, garneri, longiceps, marleyi, natalensis, orangiensis, pondoliae.

COMMENTS: Includes devilliersi and marleyi as subspecies, see Meester et al. (1986:23).