Trachylepis attenboroughi CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER, 2024
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Trachylepis attenboroughi
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Attenborough’s Skink |
| Synonym | Trachylepis 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 |
| Distribution | Angola Type locality: Bicuar National Park, camp headquarters, Huíla Province [-15.1016°, 14.8399°, 1224 m], Angola. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: 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. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024 |
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| Etymology | Named 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. |
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