Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceríaco, and Bauer, 2021

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L., Harvey, James, Júlio, Timóteo & Neef, Götz, 2022, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 322) 16 (2), pp. 181-214 : 187

Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceríaco, and Bauer, 2021

Margarita’s Tree Agama ( Map 2 )

Material (1 specimen): PEM R 20011, Huambo HALO training site, -12.73722° 15.81825°, 1,670 m asl. Description: Juvenile male specimen, measuring 55.9 + 72.0 mm; 120 scale rows at midbody; 76 transvers ventral scales; 76 transverse dorsal scales; 12/13 supralabials; 11/12 infralabials; 24 subdigital lamellae under 4 th toe; 18 precloacal pores in two rows. Habitat and natural history notes: This specimen was found basking in the early morning on the shade cloth erected around the ablution blocks of the compound. Comments: Most historical material from central and western Angola has been reassigned to this recently described species, A. margaritae ( Wagner et al. 2021) . Since our record is from the known distribution of A. margaritae , we tentatively assign it to this species, pending further phylogenetic results. This species was not recorded from within the core study area, but based on historical records ( Monard 1937), it is expected to occur in the western side of the study area.

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Map 2. Distribution of Acanthocercus margaritae in Angola.