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Trachylepis raymondlaurenti MARQUES, CERÍACO, BANDEIRA, PAUWELS & BAUER, 2019

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Laurent’s Long Tailed Skink
P: Lagartixa de Cauda Longa de Laurent
F: Scinque à longue queue de Laurent 
SynonymTrachylepis raymondlaurenti MARQUES, CERÍACO, BANDEIRA, PAUWELS & BAUER 2019: 59
Mabuya megalura — DE WITTE 1953: 107
Mabuya megalura subsp. — LAURENT 1964: 74
Trachylepis megalura — BROADLEY & COTTERILL 2004: 42 [partim]
Trachylepis cf. megalura — CERÍACO et al. 2016: 71
Trachylepis cf. megalura — CERÍACO et al. 2018: 423
Trachylepis cf. megalura — MARQUES et al. 2018: 264
Trachylepis raymondlaurenti — CERIACO et al. 2024: 104 
DistributionN Angola (Malanje, Lunda-Norte), SE Democratic Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), possibly N Zambia

Type locality: Giant Sable Sanctuary of Cangandala National Park (-9.84606° N, 16.7223° E, WGS-84; elevation 1101 m above sea level), Malanje Province, Angola.  
Reproductionviviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype. CAS 258401, adult female collected by Mariana Marques, Luis Ceríaco, Suzana Bandeira, Edward Stanley and Jens Vindum on 17 September 2015. Paratypes. MD 5309, adult female collected in Alto Cuílo (-10.01667° N, 19.55° E, WGS-84; elevation 1101 m), Lunda Sul Province, Angola, by a local in June 1954; MCZ R-67627, adult female with the same collection data as the former; RBINS 2691 (formerly RBINS 6998), adult female collected in Lusinga (-8.933333° N, 27.2° E, WGS-84; elevation 1810 m), Upemba National Park, DRC, during the Mission G.-F. de Witte on 16 March 1947; RBINS 2692 (formerly RBINS 6999), adult male with locality data as for the former but collected on 9–17 April 1947; RBINS 2693 (formerly RBINS 7000), adult male with locality data as for RBINS 2691 but collected on 21 June–21 July 1947; RBINS 2694 (formerly RBINS 7001), adult male with the same locality data as for RBINS 2691 but collected in December 1947; RBINS 2695 (formerly RBINS 7002), adult female with the same locality data as for RBINS 2691 but collected in January 1948. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Trachylepis raymondlaurenti sp. nov. is readily distinguished from all other congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) slender body of medium size, SVL up to 79.3 mm; (2) long-tailed, up to 215.8 mm, greater than twice body length; (3) well-defined neck constriction; (4) color homogeneously greyish- brown dorsally, with some dark speckles on sides of tail; ventral surface with some scattered dark speckles near the flanks and under the tail; supralabials and infralabials dotted with white; no distinct longitudinal or transverse dorsal bands; (5) MSR 24–28, SAD 48–53, SAV 50–58; (6) KDS 0–3; (7) scales on palms of hands and soles of feet smooth; (8) supranasals separated; and (9) prefrontals separated.


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CommentDistribution: see map in Ceriaco et al. 2024: 106 (Fig. 85). 
EtymologyThe species is named after Raymond F. Laurent (1917–2005), Belgian herpetologist who specialized in African amphibians and reptiles and contributed significantly to current knowledge of the Angolan and Congolese herpetofaunas. 
References
  • Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here
  • Ceríaco, L M P; Marques, M P; Bandeira, S; Blackburn, D C & Bauer, A M 2018. Herpetological survey of Cangandala National Park, with a synoptic list of the amphibians and reptiles of Malanje Province, Central Angola. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 408-431 - get paper here
  • Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bandeira, S.A. 2016. Anfíbios e Répteis do Parque Nacional da Cangandala. Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação & Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Luanda & Lisboa, 96 pp
  • Ceríaco, Luis M. P.; Mariana P. Marques, Ilunga André, Esteves Afonso, David C. Blackburn & Aaron M. Bauer 2020. ILLUSTRATED TYPE CATALOGUE OF THE “LOST” HERPETOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF MUSEU DO DUNDO, ANGOLA. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (7): 379-440 - 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
  • 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)
  • MARQUES, MARIANA P.; LUIS M. P. CERÍACO, SUZANA BANDEIRA, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, AARON M. BAUER 2019. Description of a new long-tailed skink (Scincidae: Trachylepis) from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 4568 (1): 051–068 - get paper here
  • Witte, G. F. de 1953. Reptiles. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949). Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge. Brussels, vol. 6, 322 pp. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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