Trachylepis huilensis ( Laurent, 1964 )

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 huilensis ( Laurent, 1964)

Fig. 9 b

Records.

Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] ( CAS 263565; UF 187310; MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001388, 001516); Rock outcrop near Basecamp 1 [- 13.7877, 13.2572, 1600 m] ( UF 187311), [- 13.7865, 13.2572, 1594 m] ( CAS 263558), [- 13.7881, 13.2571, 1612 m] ( CAS 263559); Catchi surroundings [- 13.7619, 13.2569, 1585 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001467, 001470, 001471, 001517).

Comments.

This taxon was originally described as a subspecies of T. bayonii by Laurent (1964). Butler et al. (2019) provided the first evidence that huilensis should be considered a full species, rather than a subspecies. Based on newly obtained molecular and morphological data, Ceríaco et al. (2024) found that the species is more widespread than originally known. It is associated with the highlands of the Leba Escarpment in Huíla Province and the Serra da Neve inselberg.

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).