Afroedura wulfhaackei Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, António, and Conradie, 2021

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L., Harvey, James, Júlio, Timóteo & Neef, Götz, 2022, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 322) 16 (2), pp. 181-214 : 191

Afroedura wulfhaackei Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, António, and Conradie, 2021

Angolan Flat Gecko ( Fig. 9 , Map 8)

Material (3 specimens): PEM R22490–1 , PEM R24200 , Candumbo Rocks Memorial, -12.73614° 15.97442°, 1,777 m asl. Description: 77–79 dorsal midbody scale rows; 8–9 supralabials; 8 infralabials; 7–8 enlarged scales under 4 th toe; 4 ventral verticils and 5 dorsal verticils per tail whorl. Largest female: 54.4 + 0t mm ( PEM R 22491 ). Habitat and natural history notes: Found under exfoliating rocks among larger rock boulders. Comment: These represent the most inland records of this recently described species ( Branch et al. 2021). Although this species was not documented from within the defined core study area of this project, suitable habitat is found along the northern and western edge of the study area .

Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) Common Tropical House Gecko ( Map 9 ) Material (3 specimens): PEM R 24001, Cuemba town, -12.14786° 18.09100°, 1,351 m asl; PEM R 23558, Munhango village, -12.16445° 18.5548°, 1,435 m asl; PEM R 23377, Kwanza River bridge, -11.99348° 17.66965°, 1,727 m asl. Description: Subcaudal scales enlarged and elongated; 88–89 dorsal midbody scale rows; 16–17 longitudinal rows of enlarged keeled tubercles; 34 ventral midbody scale rows; 10 supralabials; 9–10 infralabials; 6–7 divided scansors under 4 th toe; 14/15 precloacal pores in a single row. Largest female: 52.6 + 61.0 mm ( PEM R 23558); largest male: 53.5 + 62.0 mm ( PEM R 24001). Habitat and natural history notes: All specimens were found on or near anthropogenic structures. Comment: The species is present across most of Angola, but has not yet been recorded from extreme southeastern Angola ( Marques et al. 2018; Ceríaco et al. 2020a; Lobón-Rovira et al. 2021). Due to its high human-assisted dispersal capacity and adaptation to anthropogenic structures ( Agarwal et al. 2021), this species is expected to spread to larger towns and settlements in southeastern Angola. A recent large-scale phylogenetic study revealed at least 20 species-level lineages, with most Angolan material corresponding to the H. mabouia sensu stricto lineage ( Agarwal et al. 2021).

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Map 9. Distribution of Hemidactylus mabouia in Angola.

Fig. 9. Adult female Afroedura wulfhaackei (PEM R22490) from 1 km west of Candumbo on road to Boas Águas. Photo by Luke Verburgt.