Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Nganzi; –5.5025, 12.3679; 107 m a.s.l.; EI 817; GenBank: PQ455967. • Mayombe NP, Mbongo Zimune; –4.7442, 12.6914; 324 m a.s.l.; P3.146; GenBank: PQ455966 .

Identification. The material reported in this work differed by 2.5% (16S p -distance) from material collected from Gabon (GenBank: AY927270) and by 3% from material from other specimens from Huila, Angola (GenBank: HF570444).Nevertheless,phylogenetic analyses have suggested cryptic speciation within the C.dilepis complex (Main et al.2022).Given that the type locality of C.dilepis is coastal Gabon,these specimens may represent true C.dilepis,so no further taxonomic actions are recommended for C.dilepis from Cabinda Province.It must be noted that Rio Cuilo in coastal Gabon is also the type locality of C. dilepis quilensis, but genetics analysis found this taxon to be conspecific with C. d. dilepis, leading to regarding C. d. quilensis to be regard as a synonym of C. d. dilepis (Main et al. 2018, 2022)

Biology and distribution. Chamaeleo dilepis is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. In Angola,the species is also widely distributed,spanning a wide range of habitats and ecoregions (Main et al. 2022). In Cabinda Province, the species is frequently found in the Littoral Peneplain and the Coastal Drier Belt.However, one specimen was found in Lower Mayombe on a riverine area next to a village, among extensive plantations of introduced bamboo.