Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907)

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 : 118

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scientific name	Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907)
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Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907) View in CoL

Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake

Material: NB595 (20); one individual seen in grasslands near lake from Main Camp (site T 3), not collected.

Comment: The specimen’s scalation (15 midbody scale rows, 21 subcaudals, 203 ventrals, five upperlabials, 2 nd and 3 rd entering the eye) and coloration (similar to specimen illustrated in Butler et al. [2019]) conform to A. ventrimaculata ( Branch 1998; Marais 2004). Together with Butler et al. (2019), BNP is the second record of this species for Angola, the first being from the Cuito River source ( Portillo et al. 2018; Branch et al. 2019c), and represents a northwestern extension of the known range ( Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Zambia).

References

Branch WR. 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town, South Africa. 399 p.

Branch WR, Vaz Pinto P, Baptista N, Conradie W. 2019 c. The reptiles of Angola - history, updated checklists, endemism, hot spots, and future directions for research. Pp. 283 - 344 In: Biodiversity of Angola. Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis. Editors, Huntley BJ, Russo V, Lages F, Ferrand N. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. 549 p.

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.

Marais J. 2004. A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town, South Africa. 312 p.

Portillo F, Branch WR, Conradie W, Rodel MO, Penner J, Barej MF, Kusamba C, Muninga WM, Aristote MM, Bauer AM, et al. 2018. Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 288 - 303.