Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (Bocage, 1867)

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 15

Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (Bocage, 1867)

Angolan Variable Skink

Material. ITEZHI-TEZHI: BMNH 2018.2762; MAYUKUYUKU: BMNH 2018.2765 ( Fig. 7H ), BMNH 2018.2763. Comments: Specimens found during the day. The BLAST search shows 99–100% sequence similarity with sequences from T. varia clade B (accession numbers MG 605651–59), which was recently assigned to Trachylepis cf. albopunctata by Marques et al. (2018).

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Fig. 7. Reptiles of western Zambia. (A) Agama armata (BMNH 2018.2751), (B) Chamaeleo dilepis (BMNH 2018.2755), (C)–(D) Lygodactylus chobiensis (BMNH 2018.2743), (E) Pachydactylus punctatus, (F) Ichnotropis capensis (BMNH 2018.2750), (G) Meroles squamulosus (BMNH 2018.2753), (H) Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (BMNH 2018.2765), (I) Trachylepis varia (BMNH 2018.2769), (J) Typhlacontias rohani (BMNH 2018.2761), (K) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (BMNH 2018.2776), (L) Philothamnus hoplogaster (BMNH 2018.2775), (M) Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772), (N) Thelotornis kirtlandii (BMNH 2018.2760), (O) Atractaspis congica (BMNH 2018.2274), (P)–(R) Kinixys spekii.