Rhoptropus sp.

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 : 204

Rhoptropus sp. (Endemic)

Rhoptropus sp. : Ceríaco et al. (2016a:31).

Global distribution: The species is known from Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 154): The species is known from southwestern Angola. Namibe: “Espinheira” [-16.79242, 12.35400] ( Ceríaco et al. 2016a:30); “Omauha Lodge” [-16.20033, 12.40003] ( Ceríaco et al. 2016a:30); “Iona National Park, north of Tambor” [-15.99636, 12.40667] ( Ceríaco et al. 2016a:30); “Leba Pass, between river and highway” [-15.07003, 13.24347] ( Ceríaco et al. 2016a:30); “Namibe-Lubango road, 2 m east (by road) of Mangueiras, south side of the road” [-15.04467, 13.15906] (Ceríaco et al. 2016a:30) .

Taxonomic and distributional notes: This as yet undescribed taxon is superficially most similar to R. barnardi , but is most closely related to R. biporosus ( Kuhn 2016) . It has a significant elevational range, extending from near the coast to the Escarpment and appears to be parapatri cally distributed relative to R. biporosus . Recognition that there is a cryptic species in Angola