Trachylepis wahlbergii (PETERS, 1870)
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Trachylepis wahlbergii
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Wahlberg’s Striped Skink G: Wahlbergs Streifenskink E: Monard’s Skink [monardi] |
| Synonym | Euprepes Wahlbergii PETERS 1870: 661 Mabuia ellenbergeri CHABANAUD 1917: 219 Mabuya striata angolensis MONARD 1937 Mabuya striata FITZSIMONS 1943: 229 (part; not PETERS) Mabuya striata striata — MANAÇAS 1963: 235 Mabuya striata chimbana — LAURENT 1964: 69 Mabuya angolensis — LAURENT 1964: 72 Mabuya striata angolensis — MAHNERT 1976: 488 Mabuya striata angolensis — ORTIZ 1989: 56 Mabuya striata ellenbergeri — LOVERIDGE 1953: 202 Mabuya striata striata — MERTENS 1955: 79 (not PETERS) Mabuya striata wahlbergi — BROADLEY 1971: 55 Mabuya angolensis — WELCH 1982: 83 Mabuya striata wahlbergii — AUERBACH 1987: 108 Mabuya striata wahlbergii — BROADLEY 1991: 523 Mabuya wahlbergi — BRANCH 1993: 74 Mabuya striata wahlbergii — BAUER et al. 1995: 63 Mabuya wahlbergi — HAAGNER et al. 2000 Mabuya wahlbergi — BROADLEY 2000 Euprepis angolensis — MAUSFELD et al. 2002 Trachylepis angolensis — BAUER 2003 Trachylepis striata wahlbergii — KLITSCHER 2014 Trachylepis striata wahlbergi — SCHLEICHER 2015: 115 Trachylepis monardi — MARQUES et al. 2018: 265 (nom. nov.) Trachylepis wahlbergii — MARQUES et al. 2018: 270 Trachylepis wahlbergii — CERIACO et al. 2024: 126 |
| Distribution | S Angola, N Namibia, N Botswana, Zambia, N and W Zimbabwe, W Mozambique (Zambezi valley upstream from Tete). Type locality: Damaraland [Namibia], by implication monardi: Angola; Type locality: “Kuvangu” [= Cuvango], Huíla Province and “Bimbi” [=Bimbe] Huambo Province, Angola. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Lectotype: ZMB 6155, Damaraland, collected J.A. Wahlberg. Designated (by inference of holotype) by Boulenger (1887) - see Bauer et al. (2003) for discussion. Syntypes: LCFM (was MHNC) 91.0599-0613 (15 specimens), MHNG 858.95 (Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel, collector A. Monard) [monardi] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ceriaco et al. 2024: 126 |
| Comment | Following Broadley (2000) T. striata and T. wahlbergii are considered as two different species. However, in a recent paper by Castiglia et al. (2006) molecular and karyological evidences suggest the conspecifity of the two taxa. Synonymy: Monard’s Mabuya striata angolensis is a junior secondary homonym of Euprepis angolensis Bocage. As such Bocage’s name, despite being a junior subjective synonym of Trachylepis varia, must retain the epithet angolensis, and Monard’s name requires a replacement (the special conditions of Article 23.9 do not apply as an insufficient number of citations by an insufficient number of authors have used Monard’s name). As no junior synonyms are known to exist for Trachylepis angolensis (Monard, 1937) Marques et al. 2018 proposed Trachylepis monardi nom. nov. as a replacement name, in recognition of the contributions of Albert Monard (2 September 1886 – 27 September 1952), Swiss naturalist from La Chaux-de-Fonds, who under- took two major expeditions to Angola and left a legacy of specimens and published papers relating to the zoology of not only Angola, but also Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau and North Africa. |
| Etymology | Named after the collector of the type, J.A. Wahlberg. M. angolensis was named after its distribution in Angola. M. monardi was named after Albert Monard (2 September 1886 – 27 September 1952), Swiss naturalist from La Chaux-de-Fonds, who undertook two major expeditions to Angola and left a legacy of specimens and published papers relating to the zoology of not only Angola, but also Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau and North Africa. |
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