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Eumecia anchietae BOCAGE, 1870

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesEumecia anchietae anchietae BOCAGE 1870
Eumecia anchietae major LAURENT 1964
Eumecia anchietae wittei LAURENT 1964 
Common NamesAnchieta’s Snake Skink, Western Serpentiform Skink
major: Lunda Western Snake Skink 
SynonymEumecia anchietae BOCAGE 1870: 67
Euprepes Anchieta BOCAGE 1866: 44 (nom. nud.)
Lygosoma (Riopa) anchietae — BOULENGER 1887
Lygosoma anchietae — STERNFELD 1911: 384
Riopa (Eumecia) anchietae — SMITH 1937: 230
Riopa anchietae — LOVERIDGE 1953
Eumecia anchietae — HAAGNER et al. 2000
Eumecia anchietae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 16
Eumecia anchietae anchietae — HAAGNER et al. 2000
Eumecia anchietae — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 130
Eumecia anchietae anchietae — MARQUES et al. 2018

Eumecia anchietae major LAURENT 1964
Eumecia anchietae major LAURENT 1964: 80
Eumecia anchietae major — MARQUES et al. 2018

Eumecia anchietae wittei LAURENT 1964
Eumecia anchietae wittei LAURENT 1964: 80
Eumecia anchietae wittei — WELCH 1982: 81
Eumecia anchietae wittei — BÖHME 2014: 153
 
DistributionAngola, S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia

Type locality: Huilla Plateau, Mossamedes, Angola.  
Reproductionviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MB (Museu Bocage) specimen number unnkown (collector J.A. d’Anchieta) destroyed by fire 18 March 1978.
Holotype: MD 6002 (collector A. Serralheiro) [major]
Holotype: IRSNB type 2.407; Paratypes in ZFMK, IRSNB, RMNH and CM [wittei] 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Eumecia anchietae BOCAGE 1870 is the type species of the genus Eumecia BOCAGE 1870.

Limb morphology: Reduced limbs. 
EtymologyNamed after José de Anchieta (9 Oct 1832 -14 Sep 1897), Portugese explorer of Africa. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocage,J.V. du B. 1866. Lista dos reptis das possessões portuguezas d'Africa occidental que existem no Museu Lisboa. Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 1: 37-56
  • Bocage,J.V.B. du 1870. Description d'un "Saurien" nouveau de l'Afrique occidentale. J. Sci. Lisboa 3: 66-68
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • Broadley, D.G. 1991. The Herpetofauna of Northern Mwinilunga Distr., Northw. Zambia. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (37): 519-538
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • Butler, B O; Ceríaco, L M P; Marques, M P; Bandeira, S; Júlio, T; Heinicke, M P & Bauer, A M; 2019. Herpetological survey of Huíla Province, Southwest Angola, including first records of Bicuar National Park. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 225-240 - get paper here
  • Conradie W, Bills R, and Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6–36 - get paper here
  • Greer,A.E. 1967. The generic relationships of the African scincid genus Eumecia. Breviora (276): 1-9 - get paper here
  • Haagner,G.V.; Branch,W.R. & Haagner,A.J.F. 2000. Notes on a collection of reptiles from Zambia and adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museum 1: 1 – 25
  • Laurent, R.F. 1964. Reptiles et batraciens de l'Angola (troisième contribution). Companhia de Di amantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais, Museu do Dundo (Angola), No. 67, 165 pp.
  • 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)
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
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  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
  • Stanley, Shane G.; Rachel M. Liniewski & Philip J. Senter 2016. Appendicular skeleton of the vestigial-limbed African skink Eumecia anchietae. African Journal of Herpetology 65 (2): 99-114 | DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2016.1258012
  • Sternfeld, Richard & Nieden, Fritz 1911. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn Hauptmann a.D. Fromm 1908/09 nach Deutsch-Ostafrika, III. Reptilia, Amphibia. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin (Berlin), 5 (3): 383-385. - get paper here
  • Witte, G. F. de 1933. Reptiles récoltés au Conge Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. Witte. Ann. Mus. Conge belge Zool. Ser. 1 Tome III: 53-100.
 
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