Bradypodion atromontanum Branch, Tolley & Tilbury, 2006

African Journal of Herpetology, 55(2):132; Fig. 2.

Holotype: PEM R5744; 500 m along road to Die Hell, west from Swartberg Pass (33°20’50”S, 22°01’40”E; 3322AC), Great Swartberg, Prince Alfred District, Western Cape Province, South Africa; C.R. Tilbury, 21 March 2002.

Paratypes (10): a) PEM R8858 (female allotype); 10 km along road to Die Hell, west from Swartberg Pass (33°21’50”S, 21°48’30”E; 3321BD), Great Swartberg, Prince Alfred District, Western Cape Province, South Africa; W.R. Branch, 10 December 1991 . b) PEM R3672; Swartberg Pass (33°22’00”S, 22°06’00”E; 3322AC); G.J. Breytenbach, 4 January 1982 . c) PEM R3680; Swartberg (33°22’10”S, 22°05’10”E; 3322AC), G.J. Breytenbach, 1 October 1981 . d) PEM R5943; Swartberg Pass at turn-off to Die Hell (33°21’S, 22°02’E; 3322AC); C.R. Tilbury, April 1993 . e) PEM R8856; 2.5 km along road to Die Hell, west of Swartberg Pass (33°21’S, 22°03’E; 3322AC); C.R. Tilbury, 9 March 1993 . f) PEM R9153; Swartberg Pass (3321BD); C.R. Tilbury, 15 April 1994 . g) PEM R5942; Swartberg Pass forestry house, 300 m S of turn-off to Die Hell (33°21’30”S, 22°02’03”E; 3322AC); G.J. Breytenbach, 1 January 1985 . h) PEM R8844; 3–4 km along Botha’s Hoek road, track along crest of range to Meiringspoort from Swartberg Pass (33°19’55”S, 22°06’30”E; 3322AD); M. Cameron, 17 October 1984 . i) PEM R8855; 2.5 km along road to Die Hell, west of Swartberg Pass (33°21’S, 22°03’E; 3322AC); C.R. Tilbury, 9 March 1993 . j) PEM R9154; 3 km along road to Die Hell, west from Swartberg Pass (33°21’00”S, 22°01’00”E; 3322AC); C.R. Tilbury, 15 April 1994 .

Remarks. Two additional paratype females in TMP (no. 39741–42). All PEM specimens in good condition, except PEM R8855 and 8856 with ventral incisions, PEM R9513 with right leg damaged for muscle extraction, and PEM R9154 with left leg damaged for muscle extraction.