Tetradactylus Merrem, 1820

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 : 236-237

Genus Tetradactylus Merrem, 1820

Tetradactylus ellenbergeri ( Angel, 1922) ELLENBERGER’S PLATED SNAKE-LIZARD

Paratetradactylus Ellenbergeri ( Angel 1922:151) . Holotype: MNHN 1921-514 (donated by V. Ellenberger). Type locality: “ Pays des Barotsés (Rhodesie)” [= Barotseland] Zambia.

Tetradactylus lundensis ( Monard 1937b:79) . Syntypes: MHNC 91.0455 - 58 [4 specimens] (collector A. Monard). Type locality: “Lunda, sur les bords du Tyihumbwé” [= Lunda, on the edges of Tyihumbué river ] Lunda Sul Province, Angola .

Caitia africana : Bocage (1895a:37).

Tetradactylus lundensis ( Monard 1937b:79) .

Tetradactylus boulengeri lundensis : de Witte and

Laurent (1942b:105).

Tetradactylus ellenbergeri ellenbergi : Laurent

(1964a:55).

Tetradactylus ellenbergeri boulengeri : Laurent

(1964a:55).

Tetradactylus ellenbergeri : Broadley and Cotterill

(2004:43), Wagner et al. (2012:35), Conradie et al. (2016:24).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not

Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from Angola, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 193): The species occurs in norteastern Angola. Lunda

Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 20.83333] ( Laurent 1964a:55). Lunda Sul: “Lunda” MAP 193. Distribution of Tetradactylus ellenbergeri in [-10.96667, 20.06667] (de Witte and Laurent Angola.

1942b:105; Wagner et al. 2012:37); “Lunda, sur les bords du Tyihumbwé” [-11.00000, 20.00000] ( Monard 1937b:79); “Lunda” [-10.96667, 20.06667] (de Witte and Laurent 1942b:105; Wagner et al. 2012:37). Moxico: “environs du lac Calundo (Chef Sá-Mussamba Village) 105 km east of Luso” [-11.80000, 20.86667] ( Laurent 1964a:55). Cuando Cubango: “along a dammed section of the Luassingua River (23)” [-14.58972, 18.17083] ( Conradie et al. 2016:24). Undetermined location: “sur les bords du Quando” ( Bocage 1895a:37; Monard 1937b).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: Bocage (1895a) cited Angolan material of Catia africana , currently Tetradactylus africanus ( Gray, 1838) , a species now regarded as restricted to coastal regions of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and adjacent southern Mozambique ( Bates et al. 2014). It is likely that Bocage’s record is referable to T. ellenbergeri ( Angel, 1922) . Monard (1936b) described T. lundensis from Angola, althgouh Laurent (1964a) treated it as a synonym of T. ellenbergeri boulengeri (de Witte, 1933) . Wagner et al. (2012) noted only the “Lunda” record from Angola, but other historical records exist (see above).