Trachylepis hoeschi (Mertens, 1954)

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 : 32

HOESCH’S SKINK – Fig. 13

Trachylepis hoeschi (Mertens, 1954)

MATERIAL.— Rio Curoca in the Pediva Hot Springs area , 2 December 2013, 16º17ʹ0.93ʺS, 12º33ʹ39.81ʺE, 247 m ( CAS 254851 ); NNP, 15º46ʹ25.9ʺS, 12º19ʹ59.0ʺE, 247 m ( CAS 254952 ) .

COMMENTS.— The only published Angolan record is from Laurent (1964a), from “Plage das Conchas,” Namibe Province. Our specimens are, respectively, 75 and 135 km SE of Laurent’s site. the Ditsong National Natural History Museum holds a small series of this species (TM 40733–37) from Iona National Park. The Angolan records extend the core distribution of its range in northwestern Namibia ( Branch 1998).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Adult Hoesch’s Skink, Trachylepis hoeschi (Mertens, 1954), from Kamanjab, Kunene Region, Namibia. Photo courtesy of Johan Marais