Chondrodactylus pulitzerae ( Schmidt, 1933 )

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

Chondrodactylus pulitzerae ( Schmidt, 1933)

Fig. 6 a

Records.

Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] ( CAS 266367 – CAS 266369, 266371; INBAC / AMB 10200); N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] ( CAS 266370); Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m a. s. l] ( CAS 266114); Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001559 - 001565); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 820 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001566 - 001568).

Comments.

The genus has recently been reviewed by Heinz et al. (2021). The species is quite widespread in Angola ( Marques et al. 2018; Heinz et al. 2021), and it occurs at different elevations on Serra da Neve and its surrounding areas.

Genus Lygodactylus Gray, 1864

Figures

Figure 6. a Chondrodactylus pulitzerae b Lygodactylus baptistai c Lygodactylus nyaneka d, e Pachydactylus caraculicus (adult and juvenile) f Pachydactylus maiatoi g Pachydactylus cf. punctatus h Rhoptropus aff. barnardi. Photographs by AT (a, d, e, g); IA (b, f) and LMPC (c, h).