Trachylepis chimbana (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Chimba Skink, Chimban Mabuya
Synonym	Euprepes affinis BOCAGE 1872: 77 [preoccupied by Tiliqua affinis GRAY 1838] Mabuia chimbana BOULENGER 1887: 204 (replacement name) Mabuia chimbana BOCAGE 1895: 45 Mabuya chimbana — SCHMIDT 1933: 12 Mabuya bocagii bocagii — HELLMICH 1957a: 60 Mabuya striata angolensis — HELLMICH 1957b: 56 Mabuya chimbana — BROADLEY 1974b: 13 Mabuya chimbana — BRANCH 1998: 153 Euprepis chimbanus — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Trachylepis chimbana — BAUER 2003 Trachylepis chimbana — SCHLEICHER 2020 Trachylepis chimbana — CERIACO et al. 2024: 59
Distribution	NW Namibia, SW Angola Type locality: Rio Chimba, interior of Mossamedes
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: lost, MB (also as MBL = Museu Bocage, Lison), lost due to fire that destroyed the collection in 1978, from Rio Chimba, interior of Mossamedes, collector not known. It is not known whether there was only a single type, although there is no variation expressed in the description. Otgher specimens: CM.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024: 61
Comment	Distribution: see map in Ceriaco et al. 2024: 61 (Fig. 40).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here Bocage,J.V. du B. 1895. Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo. Lisbon: Imprimerie Nationale, i-xx, 203 pp. - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Ceríaco, Luis M.P.; Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Arthur Tiutenko, Jeffrey L. Weinell, Brett O. Butler & Aaron M. Bauer 2024. The Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) of Angola: An Integrative Taxonomic Review with the Description of Seven New Species Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Feb 2024 Vol. 2024, No. 465: 1-153 - get paper here Conradie W, Keates C, Verburgt L, Baptista NL, Harvey J, Júlio T, Neef G. 2022. Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(2): 181–214 (e322) - get paper here Haacke, W. D. 1997. Geographic distribution. Mabuya chimbana. African Herp News (26):34. - get paper here Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Marques MP, Parrinha D, Lopes-Lima M, Tiutenko A, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP 2024. An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola. ZooKeys 1201: 167-217 - get paper here Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II) Parrinha, D., Marques, M. P., Bauer, A. M., & Ceríaco, L. M. 2026. An Updated Checklist and Atlas of the Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 91(4), 319-397 - get paper here Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp. - get paper here Schmidt, Karl Patterson 1933. The reptiles of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 22 (1): 1-15
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