Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828)

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

Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1828)

Fig. 5 f

Record.

2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 820 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001551, only tissue).

Comments.

Stigmochelys pardalis is a large-bodied species occurring from northern Somalia southwards through eastern Africa to South Africa, and westwards to Namibia and Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). The species has been recorded in the southern provinces of the country ( Marques et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 5. a Phrynobatrachus natalensis b Amietia angolensis c Tomopterna ahli d Tomopterna tuberculosa e Kinixys belliana f Stigmochelys pardalis g Afroedura praedicta h Hemidactylus benguellensis. Photographs by AT (a, b, d, h) and LMPC (c, e – g).