Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 33

Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923

Kalahari Burrowing Skink

Material: TM 86235–36, 86248

Three specimens were collected during the construction of Park Headquarters, while additional individuals were photographed at the same locality as well as at Ngonye Falls campsite and the vicinity of the airstrip. All three specimens have five supralabials on either side of the head, with the second contacting the eye. On the right side of TM 86235, the prefrontal is separated from the frontoparietal by the enlarged third supraocular, while the prefrontal and frontoparietal are in contact on the left side of TM 86235 and on both sides of TM 86236. In Zambia this species was previously recorded only at Kalabo in Western Province, where it is sympatric with T. gracilis , although it is widespread in north-western Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Namibia, and south-eastern Angola ( Branch 1998; Broadley 2000a; Conradie et al. 2016; Haacke 1997; Uetz et al. 2017).