Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866)

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

Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866)

Fig. 5 b

Records.

Catchi, small stream near basecamp [- 13.7630, 13.2513, 1595 m] (MUNHAC / MB 04 - 001147 - 001154).

Comments.

Formerly considered a widespread species in western and central Africa, is now restricted to Angola ( Channing and Baptista 2013; Channing et al. 2016). The species was frequently encountered in the rocky margins of small streams and ponds at the top of the inselberg.

Genus Tomopterna Duméril & Bibron, 1841

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).