Rhoptropus aff. barnardi Hewitt, 1926

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1201.120750
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23C7E6E7-AE73-4685-AEDA-26DEB0EE0068
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11196674
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scientific name	Rhoptropus aff. barnardi Hewitt, 1926
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Rhoptropus aff. barnardi Hewitt, 1926 View in CoL

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Records.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1316, 681 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001592 - 001595); vic. N’Dolondolo [- 13.8113, 13.1365, 699 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001596 - 001603); Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001604 - 001610); Maylowe [- 13.8355, 13.2755, 798 m] ( CAS 266105 – 10, 266130 – 32, 266134 – 37, 266156; MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001611 - 001620); Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] ( CAS 266127; MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001621, 001622); near Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001623 - 001633; CAS 266164 – 68); Catchi surroundings [- 13.7619, 13.2568, 1585 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001634 - 001688); Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001689 - 001693); MPLA post near Catchi [- 13.7618, 13.2514, 1614 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001694); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8289, 13.2625, 820 m] ( MB 03 - 001695 - 001705).

Comments.

Recent surveys in southwestern Angola revealed undescribed cryptic diversity associated with Rhoptropus barnardi ( Ceríaco et al. 2016; Kuhn 2016; Butler et al. 2019; Lobón-Rovira et al. 2022). The specimens collected in Serra da Neve belong to an undescribed Angolan endemic with affinities to Rhoptropus barnardi Hewitt, 1926 and R. biporosus FitzSimons, 1957 , which is widespread in southwestern Angola, from sea level to an elevation of more than 2000 m. A revision of the genus is being prepared ( DP unpubl. data).