Trachylepis vunongue CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER, 2024
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Trachylepis vunongue
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Mwene Vunongue Skink P: Lagartixa de Mwene Vunongue |
| Synonym | Trachylepis vunongue CERÍACO, MARQUES, PARRINHA, TIUTENKO, WEINELL, BUTLER & BAUER 2024: 119 Mabuya variegata punctulata — BROADLEY 1974b: 7 [part] Mabuya punctulata — BROADLEY 2000: 100 [part] Trachylepis punctulata — PIETERSEN et al. 2021: 276 Trachylepis punctulata — MARQUES et al. 2018: 267 [part] Trachylepis punctulata — BRANCH et al. 2019: 319 [part] Trachylepis cf. punctulata — CONRADIE et al. 2022: 203 |
| Distribution | Angola Type locality: Cuatir main camp, Cuando Cubango Province [-16.4852°, 18.2030°, 1148 m], Angola. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MUNHAC/ MB03-001520, field number LMPC 1452; unsexed adult, fig. 98, 99 in Ceriaco et al. 2024), collected by Diogo Parrinha on 21 February 2023. Paratypes: An unsexed adult (NMZB 16016, field number BFP/R 114) and two adult females (NMZB 16017–16018, field numbers BFP/R 114) collected at Ndau School, Western Province [-15.4415°, 23.2227°, 1044 m], Zambia, by Donald G. Broadley and Shiela Broadley on 27 March 1999; an unsexed adult (NMZB 16006, field number BFP/R 111) collected at Ndau School, Western Province [-15.4415°, 23.2227°, 1044 m], Zambia, by Peter van Daele on 26 March 1999; an unsexed adult (NMZB-UM 21008) collected at Kalabo, Barotseland [-14.9928°, 22.6785°, 1026 m], Zambia, by R.G. Japp on unknown date; an unsexed adult (NMZB 13382, field number GR 83) collected at Makona Pan, Hwange National Park [-19.3167°, 26.9167°, 993 m], Zimbabwe, by G.S.A. Rasmussen on 9 March 1994; an unsexed adult (NMZB 13589, field number GSA 279) collected at Shaba Shaba, Hwange National Park [-19.3167°, 26.1667°, 976 m], Zimbabwe, by G.S.A. Rasmussen on 9 May 1994; two unsexed adults (NMZB 13563, 13564) collected at Shakwanki Pan 0,5km NW, Hwange National Park [-19.1297°, 26.2303°, 976 m], Zimbabwe, by G.S.A. Rasmussen on 6 May 1994. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024: 121 |
| Comment | For references see Ceriaco et al. 2024. Distribution: see map in Ceriaco et al. 2024: 121 (Fig. 100). |
| Etymology | Named after the Mwene (= King) Vunongue (1800–1886), king of the N’Ganguelas and one of the most important Angolan chieftains, whose kingdom spanned approximately the same region as the known distribution of the new species. As a curiosity, the name of the capital city of Cuando Cubango Province—Menongue—derivates from the admixture of the words “Mwene” and “Vunongue.” |
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