Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 33

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scientific name	Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923
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Kalahari Burrowing Skink

Material: TM 86235–36, 86248

Three specimens were collected during the construction of Park Headquarters, while additional individuals were photographed at the same locality as well as at Ngonye Falls campsite and the vicinity of the airstrip. All three specimens have five supralabials on either side of the head, with the second contacting the eye. On the right side of TM 86235, the prefrontal is separated from the frontoparietal by the enlarged third supraocular, while the prefrontal and frontoparietal are in contact on the left side of TM 86235 and on both sides of TM 86236. In Zambia this species was previously recorded only at Kalabo in Western Province, where it is sympatric with T. gracilis , although it is widespread in north-western Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and Namibia, and south-eastern Angola ( Branch 1998; Broadley 2000a; Conradie et al. 2016; Haacke 1997; Uetz et al. 2017).

References

Branch WR. 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town, South Africa. 368 p.

Broadley DG. 2000 a. Chapter 6: The Herpetofauna of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands. Pp 279 - 362 In: Biodiversity of the Zambezi Basin Wetlands. Timberlake J. The Zambezi Society, Harare & Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Bulawayo, Africa. 392 p.

Conradie W, Bills R, Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2): 6 - 36 (e 126).

Haacke WD. 1997. Systematics and biogeography of the southern African scincine genus Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 47: 139 - 163.

Uetz P, Freed P, Hosek J. (Editors). 2017. The Reptile Database. Available: http: // www. reptile-database. org [Accessed: 12 October 2017].