Afroedura praedicta Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, António & Conradie, 2021

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

Afroedura praedicta Branch, Schmitz, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, António & Conradie, 2021

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Records.

Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001552 - 001554).

Comments.

This recently described species is only known from the Serra da Neve inselberg and is considered a strict endemic ( Branch et al. 2021; Conradie et al. 2023). This highland specialist was found in vertical walls of large granite boulders at night. A juvenile (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001552) was collected in rock crevices near a communal laying site with dozens of hatched eggs.

Genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820

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).