Chilota africanus barnardi Pickford, 1937

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Chilota africanus barnardi Pickford, 1937

Chilota africanus barnardi Pickford, 1937: 556 .

Chilota africanus barnardi : BMNH; SAMC.

Chilota africanus barnardi form barnardi: Pickford 1937: 556. Chilota africanus barnardi form gigas: Pickford 1937: 560. Chilota africanus ss barnardi: Reynolds & Cook 1976: 76.

Type locality. WC, Riversdale Mts at ca. 450-1000 m asl.

Distribution. Known from sixteen variable sites, distant from the other subspecies, although all from the south-eastern WC: Garcias Pass near Riversdale, near stream, black sandy soil. Swellendam Mts at ca. 900–1500 m asl. Langeberg Mts at Swellendam: at various levels (ca. 150–1500 m asl); Duivel’s Bosch ‘kloofs’; cave in upland valley; Kolonie’s Bosch. Kloof in pass between Calitzdorp and Ladismith. Swellendam Mts at ca. 900– 100 m asl. Riversdale Mts north of Heidelberg at ca. 150–450 m asl.

Remarks. Holotype SAMC A21686 . Paratypes SAMC A21695 –21696; BMNH 1938.7.1.2608, 1938.7.1.2532. Various parts of type material mounted: BMNH 1938.7.1.2607. Other material: BMNH 1938.7.1.2533, 1938.7.1.2541.