Acontias mukwando Marques, Parrinha, Tiutenko, Lopes-Lima, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2023

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

Acontias mukwando Marques, Parrinha, Tiutenko, Lopes-Lima, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2023

Fig. 8 b

Records.

Catchi, Miombo woodland near basecamp [- 13.7660, 13.2587, 1674 m] ( MUHNAC / MB 03 - 001522 – 24).

Comments.

This recently described species is only known from the Serra da Neve inselberg and considered a strict endemic. It was found hiding under rocks and active on leaf-litter in Miombo-dominated landscapes ( Marques et al. 2023 b).

Figures

Figure 8. a Matobosaurus maltzahni b Acontias mukwando c Panaspis sp. 1 d Sepsina copei e Trachylepis albopunctata f Trachylepis ansorgii g Trachylepis binotata h Trachylepis bouri. Photographs by AT (a – c, e – h); LMPC (d).