Trachylepis binotata (Bocage, 1867)

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 binotata (Bocage, 1867)

Fig. 8 g

Records.

Maylowe [- 13.8357, 13.2763, 800 m] ( CAS 266149); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 818 m] ( MUHNAC / MB 03 - 001453, 001454).

Comments.

This large arboreal skink occurs across all southwestern Angola. Trachylepis binotata is usually associated with Mopane woodland habitats and was widely recorded in the country ( Marques et al. 2018; Ceríaco et al. 2024). In our study area, it was only found in the Mopane-dominated localities at the base of the inselberg.

Figures

Figure 8. a Matobosaurus maltzahni b Acontias mukwando c Panaspis sp. 1 d Sepsina copei e Trachylepis albopunctata f Trachylepis ansorgii g Trachylepis binotata h Trachylepis bouri. Photographs by AT (a – c, e – h); LMPC (d).