Cordylosaurus Gray, 1865

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 229-230

Genus Cordylosaurus Gray, 1865 “1866”

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus ( Smith 1844) DWARF PLATED LIZARD

Gerrhosaurus subtessellatus Smith 1844 : pl. 41, fig. 2 and first of two accompanying unnumbered text pages, pl. 42, figs. 17–20. Holotype: BMNH 1946.8 .19.41 (collector A. Smith). Type locality: “Great Namaqualand” [= southern Namibia].

Cordylosaurus trivittatus : Boulenger (1887:126), Bocage (1867b:222, 1895a:37).

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus : Ceríaco et al. (2016a:39, 59).

Global conservation status (IUCN):

Least Concern.

Global distribution: The species is known from southwestern Angola through western Namibia and into the western parts of

South Africa.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 186): The species occurs in the southwestern regions near the coast, but probably also inland (see Notes below). Benguela: “Catumbella” [-12.43333,

13.55000] ( Bocage 1895a:37); “ Benguela ”

[-12.58333, 13.41667] ( Boulenger 1887:126;

Bocage 1895a:37); “Dombe” [-12.95000,

13.10000] ( Bocage 1867b:222, 1895a:37).

Huíla: “ Rio Cuce ” [-13.51667, 15.20000] ( Ferreira 1897b:242) . Namibe: “ Rio Coroca”

[-15.78333, 12.06667] ( Bocage 1895a:37;

Ceríaco et al. 2016a:59); “Iona National Park, MAP 186. Distribution of Cordylosaurus subtessellatus in Angola.

20 km SSW of Espinheira ” [-16.93169,

12.24500] ( Bocage 1895a:37; Ceríaco et al. 2016a:39).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: FitzSimons (1937) recognized a single BMNH specimen (number not given) corresponding to Smith’s description, but the description, although giving details for only a single animal, does note that two specimens were collected by Smith. Ferreira’s (1897b) record of Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863 from “ Rio Cuce,” Huíla may actually refer to this unrelated, although superficially similar species.