Pachydactylus cf. oreophilus McLachlan and Spence, 1967

Ceríaco, L. M. P., De Sá, S., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Stanley, E. L., Kuhn, A. L., Marques, M. P., Vindum, J. V., Blackburn, D. C. & Bauer, A. M., 2016, Herpetological Survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2), pp. 15-61 : 26

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Pachydactylus cf. oreophilus McLachlan and Spence, 1967

MATERIAL.— Omauha Lodge, 28 November 2013, 16º11ʹ55.01ʺS, 12º24ʹ3.12ʺE, 338 m ( CAS 254829 ) .

COMMENTS.— Pachydactylus oreophilus was described from near Sesfontein in northwestern Namibia. Specimens assigned to this species extend northwards at least as far as the southern lowland portions of Benguela Province, Angola. Preliminary molecular phylogenetic data suggest that northern populations, including all of those in Angola and possibly those along the Kunene River in Namibia, are not conspecific with the nominotypic form. The specimen was collected at night, basking near a lamp 2.5 m off the ground, in Omauha Lodge.