Trachylepis chimbana (Boulenger, 1887)

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

Trachylepis chimbana (Boulenger, 1887)

Fig. 9 a

Records.

vic. N’Dolondolo [- 13.8105, 13.1361, 707 m] ( CAS 263542, 263543, 263544); near dirt road to top of the mountain, N of Maylowe [- 13.8105, 13.2581, 1502 m] ( CAS 263562, 263563); Maylowe [- 13.8355, 13.2755, 798 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001387); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 818 m] ( MUHNAC / MB 03 - 001518); Catchi surroundings [- 13.7619, 13.2569, 1585 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001514); Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001515, 001519).

Comments.

Trachylepis chimbana is one of the most taxonomically challenging species of the genus. This Angolan endemic had been confused by several authors ( Schmidt 1933; Hellmich 1957 a, b; Laurent 1964) with other taxa, such as Trachylepis bocagii or T. wahlbergi . Ceríaco et al. (2024) restricted T. chimbana to northern Namibe and southern Benguela provinces. This species is primarily rupicolous and was found mainly on granite outcrops.

Figures

Figure 9. a Trachylepis chimbana b Trachylepis huilensis c Trachylepis laevis d Chamaeleo dilepis e Agama aculeata f Agama schacki (male) g Agama schacki (female) h Afrotyphlops schlegeli petersii. Photographs by AT (a, c, d, f, g) and LMPC (b, e, h).