Meroles reticulatus (Bocage, 1867)

Ceríaco, L. M. P., De Sá, S., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Stanley, E. L., Kuhn, A. L., Marques, M. P., Vindum, J. V., Blackburn, D. C. & Bauer, A. M., 2016, Herpetological Survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2), pp. 15-61 : 36

RETICULATE SAND LIZARD – Fig. 15 .

Meroles reticulatus (Bocage, 1867)

MATERIAL.— Praia do Navio coastal dunes, ca 124 km SSW of Namibe, 8 December 2013, 16º16ʹ39.3ʺS, 11º49ʹ20.5ʺE, 8 m ( CAS 254776 ) .

COMMENTS.— Bocage (1867) described this species from “Mossamedes.” Bocage (1895) subsequently clarified that the types had come from the littoral zone at Rio Coroca [= Rio Curoca, southern Namibe Province, Angola]. The range of this species extends towards Namibia to the area of Conception Bay on the central coast. Although it is well documented within its Namibian range, this specimen is only the third published locality for Angola. The species is, however, well represented from numerous localities in Namibe by specimens in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History.

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FIGURE 15. Adult specimen of Anchieta’s Shovel-snout Lizard, Meroles anchietae, (Bocage, 1867) from gravel plains north of Henties Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia. Photo courtesy of Johan Marais.