Tomopterna tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882)

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

Tomopterna tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882)

Fig. 5 d

Records.

Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] ( CAS 263038, 263039); Mamwé riparian area [- 13.8006, 13.1230, 706 m] ( UF 187293); N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] ( UF 187294); Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m] (MUNHAC / MB 04 - 001155); Catchi, basecamp [- 13.7627, 13.2562, 1597 m] (MUNHAC / MB 04 - 0011556).

Comments.

The species has a wide distribution in western Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). These specimens represent the first record of the species in Namibe Province since those that were reported by Bocage (1895). Tomopterna tuberculosa appears to occur in sympatry with T. ahli at Serra da Neve and across the southwestern areas of Namibe Province.

Figures

Figure 5. a Phrynobatrachus natalensis b Amietia angolensis c Tomopterna ahli d Tomopterna tuberculosa e Kinixys belliana f Stigmochelys pardalis g Afroedura praedicta h Hemidactylus benguellensis. Photographs by AT (a, b, d, h) and LMPC (c, e – g).