Kinixys cf. belliana Gray, 1831

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 121

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scientific name	Kinixys cf. belliana Gray, 1831
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Bell’s Hingeback Tortoise

Material: NB711 (18); NB712 (17); NB509 (16) (tissue only); photographic record (M. Finckh, site 43).

Comment: In a molecular phylogeny of Kinixys , only K. belliana was shown to occur in Angola ( Kindler et al. 2012). However, only northern Angolan material was included and it is very likely that K. spekii may enter southern Angola (see Marques et al. 2018), thus the identification as K. belliana is tentative. This group is widely distributed in Angola ( Marques et al. 2018) and has recently been collected in BNP ( Butler et al. 2019). This species has been observed at several sites throughout the park and is locally harvested for consumption and for the pet trade.

References

Butler BO, Ceriaco LPM, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Julio T, Heinicke MP, Bauer AM. 2019. Herpetological survey of Huila Province, southwest Angola, including first records from Bicuar National Park. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 225 - 240.

Kindler C, Branch WR, Hofmeyr MD, Maran J, Siroky P, Vences M, Harvey J, Hauswaldt S, Schleicher A, Stuckas H, et al. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of African hinge-back tortoises (Kinixys): implications for phylogeography and taxonomy (Testudines: Testudinidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 50 (3): 192 - 201.

Marques MP, Ceriaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM. 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 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.