Sepsina caluanda PARRINHA, MARQUES, DE SOUSA, ANDRADE, BAUER & CERÍACO, 2025
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Sepsina caluanda
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Luanda burrowing skink Portuguese: lagartixa fossorial de Luanda |
| Synonym | Sepsina caluanda PARRINHA, MARQUES, DE SOUSA, ANDRADE, BAUER & CERÍACO 2025: 186 |
| Distribution | Angola (Luanda) Type locality: surroundings of Cacuaco, Luanda Province, Angola, approximately -8.7770°, 13.3441°. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. CAS 85972, adult male with regenerated tail (Fig. 4), collected by Edward S. Ross and Robin E. Leech on 3 June 1958. Paratype.—Unsexed adult with broken tail (CAS 85971; Fig. 5), with same collecting data as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=2): A small- to medium-sized Sepsina (maximum SVL 68.6 mm) with a cuneiform snout, no forelimbs, and reduced, tridactyl hind limbs (Figs. 4–5). MSR 22, DSR 93–97, VSR 98–99. Dorsal scales dark centered, forming series of brown longitudinal lines, somewhat discontinuous at some points; ventral parts uniform. Sepsina caluanda, sp. nov., is easily diagnosed by the following combination of characters: 1) lack of external forelimbs (known otherwise only in S. bayonii), and 2) tridactyl hind limbs (known otherwise only in S. angolensis and S. copei). (Parrinha et al. 2025) Additional details (1951 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Type Locality. The CAS catalogue mentions the locality “Angola: Luanda,” the remarks “In sand” and “Alt: 40 m,” and the original reference “Stop 635.” A more precise locality is available in the field notes of the expedition under “Stop 635,” where Ross gave an elevation of “50 m” [where the number “5” is written over the number “4”] “at the 6.6 km N.E. of Luanda on the way to Ambriz,” with a later correction written in pencil “[Ambriz]ete or more accurately on road to Caxito” (Ross and Leech 1958). We here confine the type locality to the area georeferenced to approximately -8.7770°, 13.3441°, in the surroundings of Cacuaco, Luanda Province. |
| Etymology | Named after the occurrence of the species in Luanda, the capital city of Angola. The term “caluanda” originates from the Kimbundu expression “mukwa Luanda,” which denotes a native, inhabitant, or something relative to Luanda. |
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