Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)

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

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)

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Records.

vic. Dolondolo [- 13.8087, 13.1352, 731 m] ( CAS 263031); Mamué riparian area [- 13.8003, 13.1229, 710 m] ( INBAC / AMB 10326).

Comments.

The species is known from southwestern Angola through western Namibia and into western parts of South Africa ( Marques et al. 2018). In Angola, C. subtessellatus has been recorded from the coastal areas of Benguela and Namibe provinces ( Marques et al. 2018). It is commonly found basking in granite outcrops and hidden in crevices.

Figures

Figure 7. a Rhoptropus aff. montanus b Heliobolus crawfordi (adult) c Heliobolus crawfordi (juvenile) d Pedioplanis haackei e Pedioplanis serodioi f Cordylus phonolithos g Cordylosaurus subtessellatus h Gerrhosaurus sp. Photographs by AT (a, b, e, f, h) and LMPC (c, d, g).