Trachylepis albopunctata (BOCAGE, 1867)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Angolan Variable Skink
Synonym	Euprepes Olivierii var. albo-punctatus BOCAGE 1867: 223 Euprepes angolensis BOCAGE 1872: 78 Mabuia varia — BOULENGER 1887: 202 Mabuia varia — BOULENGER 1905: 111 Mabuia varia — BOCAGE 1895: 43 Mabuia varia — BOCAGE 1896: 111 Mabuya acutilabris — SCHMIDT 1919: 551 [part] Mabuya varia — SCHMIDT 1933: 12 [part] Mabuya varia — MONARD 1937: 87 Mabuya varia — MERTENS 1938: 437 Mabuya varia — PARKER 1936: 128 Mabuya varia — LAURENT 1964: 72 Mabuya varia — BRANCH 1998: 157 Mabuya varia varia — HELLMICH 1957: 66 Mabuya varia varia — HELLMICH 1957: 57 Mabuya varia varia — LOVERIDGE 1957: 212 Trachylepis varia — CERIACO et al. 2016: 31 Trachylepis varia — CERIACO 2016: 67 Trachylepis varia — CONRADIE et al. 2016: 26 Trachylepis varia Clade B — WEINELL & BAUER 2018: 107 Trachylepis cf. albopunctata — MARQUES et al. 2018 Trachylepis cf. albopunctata — BRANCH et al. 2019 Trachylepis albopunctata — WEINELL et al. 2019 Trachylepis albopunctata — BUTLER et al. 2019 Trachylepis albopunctata — BAPTISTA et al. 2019 Trachylepis albopunctata — SANTOS et al. 2021 Trachylepis albopunctata — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 Trachylepis albopunctata — CERIACO et al. 2024: 19
Distribution	Angola, Zambia Type locality: Benguella and Catumbella, Angola. angolensis: Type locality: Biballa and Dondo, Angola. Neotype locality: Cangandala National Park, Malanje Province, central Angola [-9.8546°, 16.7100°, 1104 m
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Neotype: CAS 258379, unsexed adult, designated by Ceriaco et al. 2024; Holotype: lost (destroyed by fire)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024
Comment	Synonymy: largely after Ceriaco et al. 2024. Distribution: see map in Ceriaco et al. 2024: 25 (Fig. 8).
References	Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here Bocage, J. V. B. 1872. Diagnoses de quelques espéces nouvelles de Reptiles d'Afrique occidentale. Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 4: 72-82. - get paper here Bocage,J.V. du B. 1867. Segunda lista dos reptis das possessões portuguezas d’Africa occidental que existem no Museu de Lisboa. Jornal de Sci. math. phys. e nat. Lisboa (3): 217-228 - get paper here Branch, William R.; Pedro Vaz Pinto, Ninda Baptista, and Werner Conradie 2019. The Reptiles of Angola: History, Diversity, Endemism and Hotspots. Chapter 13 in: B. J. Huntley et al. (eds.), Biodiversity of Angola. Springer Verlag, pp. 283-334 - get paper here 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, Keates C, Verburgt L, Baptista NL, Harvey J, Júlio T, Neef G. 2022. Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(2): 181–214 (e322) - get paper here Marques MP, Parrinha D, Lopes-Lima M, Tiutenko A, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP 2024. An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola. ZooKeys 1201: 167-217 - get paper here 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) Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373 SANTOS, B. S. .,MARQUES, M. P. ., BAUER, A. M. ., & CERÍACO, L. M. P. . 2021. Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903–1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection. Zootaxa 5028 (1): 1–80 - get paper here Weinell, J. L., Branch, W. R., Colston, T. J., Jackman, T. R., Kuhn, A., Conradie, W., & Bauer, A. M. 2019. A species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis (Scincidae: Mabuyinae) provides insight into their reproductive mode evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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