Mochlus sundevalli (Smith, 1849)

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 : 115

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scientific name

Mochlus sundevalli (Smith, 1849)
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Mochlus sundevalli (Smith, 1849)

Sundevall's Writhing Skink ( Fig. 21 View Fig )

Material: One unlabelled bleached specimen in Carmira Farm’s private collection.

Comment: Widespread throughout eastern and southern Africa, in Angola this species is recorded from the coastal plains south of Cuanza River, lower Cuando River basin (records compiled in Marques et al. [2018]), and northeastern Angola in Dundo ( Laurent 1964).

Laurent RF. 1964. Reptiles et amphibiens de l'Angola (Troiseme contribution). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 67: 1 - 165.

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.

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Fig. 21. Mochlus sundevalli, Carmira Farm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Mochlus