Eumecia anchietae Bocage, 1870

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 : 199

Eumecia anchietae Bocage, 1870

Anchieta’s Serpentiform Skink ( Fig. 26 , Map 23) Material (1 specimen): PEM R23983 (iNaturalist 12410715), Lungwebungu River campsite, ad hoc, -12.58027° 18.66278°, 1,302 m asl. Description: Dorsal scales with two keels per scale; tail 1.3 times the SVL; 22 midbody scale rows; 107 transverse ventral scale rows; 3/4 supralabials; 4/4 infralabials; 4 supraciliaries (1 st semi-divided); 2 toes on front limbs and 3 on hind limbs. Size (male): 127.0 + 157.0 mm (PEM R23983). Habitat and natural history notes: Found dead on road. Stomach contained unidentified grasshopper, caterpillar, and small beetles. Comment: Laurent (1964) described E. a. major from northern Angola, based on the first supraciliary being fused with the second. Monard (1937) documented the same difference for material from Lunda. The new specimen reported here conforms to the description of E. a. major and was collected in close proximity to the material documented by Laurent (1964). The status of this subspecies needs to be determined using phylogenetic analyses.

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Fig. 26. Subadult male Eumecia anchietae (PEM R23983) from Lungwebungu River campsite. Photo by Werner Conradie.