Trachylepis suzanae CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER, 2024
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Suzana’s Wedge-Snouted Skink P: Lagartixa de Suzana Bandeira |
Synonym | Trachylepis suzanae CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER 2024: 112 Euprepes acutilabris — BOCAGE 1870: 68 [part] Euprepes acutilabris — PETERS 1877: 614 Mabuia acutilabris — BOULENGER 1887: 208 [part] Mabuia acutilabris — BOCAGE 1895: 46 Mabuia acutilabris — MONARD 1937: 94 Mabuya acutilabris — SCHMIDT 1919: 551 [part] Mabuya acutilabris — PARKER 1936: 138 [part] Mabuya acutilabris — LAURENT 1947: 8 Mabuya acutilabris — LAURENT 1954: 65 [part] Mabuya acutilabris — LAURENT 1964: 75 [part] Mabuya acutilabris — HELLMICH 1957a: 58 [part] Mabuya acutilabris — BRANCH 1998: 151 [part] Trachylepis acutilabris — MARQUES et al. 2018: 252 [part] Trachylepis acutilabris — BRANCH et al. 2019a: 318; [part] Trachylepis acutilabris — CERÍACO et al. 2020a: 402 [part] |
Distribution | Angola Type locality: Kissama National Park, Kwanza River mouth, southern bank, Luanda Province [-9.3510°, 13.1532°, 5 m]. |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: CAS 263357, field number MCZ-A 36480, adult female; fig. 93, 94) collected by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, John Cavagnaro, and Phillip Pastor, on 3 June 2016. Paratypes: Two adult females (AMNH 11151, 11162), three adult males (AMNH 11101, 11128, 11153) and five unsexed adults (AMNH 11103, 11106, 11124, 11137, 11163) collected at “St. Antonio” [do Zaire], Zaire Province [-6.1333°, 12.3667°, 4 m] by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin on August 1915; one adult male (AMNH 48644) collected at “Lobito Bay,” Benguela Province [-12.3500°, 13.5500°, 7 m] by Herbert Lang and Rudyerd Boulton on April 1925; two adult males (AMNH 48553, 48555) and two unsexed adults (AMNH 48542, 48605) collected at “Hanha,” Benguela Province [-12.2506°, 13.7116°, 83 m] by Herbert Lang and Rudyerd Boulton on April 1925. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024: 114 |
Comment | Similar species: T. acutilabris. For references see Ceriaco et al. 2024. Distribution: see map in Ceriaco et al. 2024: 116 (Fig. 96). |
Etymology | Named in honor of Suzana A. Bandeira (1991–), Angolan herpetologist and conservationist. Suzana has been a fundamental part of Ceriaco’s team since the beginning of their joint herpetological studies in the country. |
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