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Trachylepis attenboroughi CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER, 2024

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Attenborough’s Skink 
SynonymTrachylepis attenboroughi CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER 2024: 30
Mabuya chimbana — SCHMIDT 1933: 12
Mabuya striata spilogaster — LAURENT 1964: 71
Mabuya spilogaster — BRANCH 1998: 156 [part]
Mabuya spilogaster — BROADLEY 2000: 105
Trachylepis cf. spilogaster — CONRADIE et al. 2016: 25
Trachylepis spilogaster — MARQUES et al. 2018: 268
Trachylepis spilogaster — BAPTISTA et al. 2019: 116
Trachylepis spilogaster — BRANCH et al. 2019a: 319
Trachylepis spilogaster — BUTLER et al. 2019: 315
Trachylepis spilogaster — CERÍACO et al. 2020a: 402
Trachylepis spilogaster — CONRADIE et al. 2022: 204 
DistributionAngola

Type locality: Bicuar National Park, camp headquarters, Huíla Province [-15.1016°, 14.8399°, 1224 m], Angola.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: CAS 263386, field number AMB 10669, adult male; fig. 15) collected at collected by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Suzana A. Bandeira, Brett O. Butler, Matthew P. Heinicke and Timóteo Júlio, on 28 July 2017.
Paratypes: All 15 specimens from Angola: an adult male (CM 5655), collected at Humbe, Cunene Province [-16.6872°, 14.9065°, 1106 m] by Rudyerd W. Boulton and Laura T. Boulton on 13 November 1930; four adult females (CAS 263384, 263385, field numbers AMB 10168, 10666; UF 187320, 187321, field numbers AMB 10153, 10166), same data as holotype with exception of the collecting dates, 27 and 28 July 2017 (respectively); two adult females (CAS 263415, field number AMB 10130; UF 187319, field number 10139) and one adult male (CAS 263416, field number AMB 10138), collected at Kimbo do Soba, Lubango, Huíla Province [-14.9342°, 13.4693°, 1866 m] by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Suzana A. Bandeira, Brett O. Butler, Matthew P. Heinicke and Timóteo Júlio, on 21 and 22 July 2017; an adult female (CAS 263403, field number AMB 10737) and an unsexed adult (UF 187322, field number AMB 10739) collected at Serra da Leba overlook, Huíla Province [-15.0770°, 13.2329°, 1680 m] by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Suzana A. Bandeira, Brett O. Butler, Matthew P. Heinicke and Timóteo Júlio, on 4 August 2017; an adult female (CAS 263424, field number 10791), collected at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação (ISCED), Lubango, Huíla Province [-14.9182°, 13.4849°, 1867 m] by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Suzana A. Bandeira, Brett O. Butler, and Matthew P. Heinicke, on 6 August 2017; an unsexed adult (CAS 263397, field number AMB 10811), collected at Chibia, near children’s park, Huíla Province [-15.1894°, 13.6905°, 1486 m] by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Suzana A. Bandeira, Brett O. Butler, and Matthew P. Heinicke, on 7 August 2017; three unsexed adults (MUNHAC/MB03001398–001400, field numbers AMB 10991, 10992, 11021), collected at Bicuar National Park, Matunto Ranger Station, Huíla Province [-15.3694°, 15.2751°, 1159 m] by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, and Hilária Valério, on 10 March 2018. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed in honor of David F. Attenborough (1926–), British naturalist and science
communicator in recognition of his inspiring works promoting the study of natural history and biodiversity conservation. 
References
  • 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
 
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