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

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.11196736
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scientific name	Trachylepis huilensis ( Laurent, 1964 )
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Trachylepis huilensis ( Laurent, 1964) View in CoL

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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.

References

Butler BO, Ceríaco LMP, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Júlio T, Heinicke M, Bauer AM (2019) Herpetological survey of Huíla Province, Southwest Angola, including first records from Bicuar National Park. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 225 – 240.

Ceríaco LMP, Marques MP, Parrinha D, Tiutenko A, Weinell J, Butler BO, Bauer AM (2024) The Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) of Angola: an integrative taxonomic review with the description of seven new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 465 (465): 1 – 153. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090.465.1.1

Laurent RF (1964) Reptiles et amphibiens de l'Angola (Troisieme contribution). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 67: 1 - 165.

Laurent RF (1964) Reptiles et amphibiens de l'Angola (Troisième contribution). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 67: 1 – 165.

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).