Pachydactylus cf. punctatus Peters, 1854

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

Pachydactylus cf. punctatus Peters, 1854

Fig. 6 g

Records.

2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8289, 13.2625, 820 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001582 - 001591).

Comments.

Pachydactylus punctatus is a widespread species complex extending from South Africa northwards to Malawi, the former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). In Angola itself, Heinz (2011) noted the presence of four species-level divergent lineages. As the taxonomy and nomenclature of this group is still in a state of flux, we opt here to simply refer our specimens to P. cf. punctatus , until the ongoing revision of the group is complete.

Genus Rhoptropus Peters, 1869

Figures

Figure 6. a Chondrodactylus pulitzerae b Lygodactylus baptistai c Lygodactylus nyaneka d, e Pachydactylus caraculicus (adult and juvenile) f Pachydactylus maiatoi g Pachydactylus cf. punctatus h Rhoptropus aff. barnardi. Photographs by AT (a, d, e, g); IA (b, f) and LMPC (c, h).