Gerrhosaurus bulsi-multilineatus

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 114

Gerrhosaurus bulsi-multilineatus complex

Plated Lizard ( Fig. 19 )

Material: NB531 (31); NB776 (2); NB777 (3).

Comment: Five species of Gerrhosaurus are known to exist in Angola: G. auritus , G. bulsi , G. multilineatus , G. nigrolineatus , and G. skoogi ( Branch et al. 2019c). Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus is recorded in areas adjacent to BNP, in Capelongo and Mulondo ( Monard 1937b), and from the surroundings of Cahama (Haacke, TM). Bates et al. (2013) discussed the problematic status of Angolan populations referred to as G. nigrolineatus , and species boundaries within the G. bulsi-multilineatus complex remain unresolved. Assignment of recently collected specimens is pending until genetic assessment of the Angolan material is published (M. Bates, pers. comm.). Specimens collected recently in BNP by Butler et al. (2019) were assigned to G. cf. multilineatus . One juvenile was collected in the Main Camp ( Fig. 19 ), and adults were collected from burrows in degraded shrubland near the park boundary, and they are similar to the specimen illustrated in Butler et al. (2019).

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Fig. 19. Gerrhosaurus bulsi-multilineatus complex (juvenile), BNP.