Table 7.
Overview of the Angola amphibian and reptile collections of IICT.
| Family | Genus | Species | Localities – Accession number | References | Number of specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (* denotes a type specimen) | |||||
| AMPHIBIANS | |||||
| ANURA Duméril, 1806 | |||||
| Pipidae Gray, 1825 | Xenopus Wagler, 1827 | Xenopus petersii Bocage, 1897 | Calandula [or Kalandula] waterfalls – IICT/A 1/1957; Lucusse – IICT/A 18/1957; Calombe river – IICT/A 27/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 3 |
| Bufonidae (Gray, 1825) | Sclerophrys Tschudi, 1838 | Sclerophrys garmani (Meek, 1897) | Calombe river – IICT/A 168/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 1 |
| Sclerophrys gutturalis (Power, 1927) | Calombe river – IICT/A 155/1959, IICT/A 166/1959; Caluando river, Luando Reserve – IICT/A 66–67/1958; Dilolo lake – IICT/A 64–65/1958; Lubango – IICT/A 55–1957; Luena – IICT/A 14/1957, IICT/A 17/1957; Luvuei – IICT/A 20/1957 | Ruas (2002a) | 10 | ||
| Sclerophrys pusilla (Mertens, 1937) | Calandula [or Kalandula] waterfalls – IICT/A 2/1957 | Ruas (2002a) | 1 | ||
| Sclerophrys sp. | Calombe river – IICT/A 151/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 1 | ||
| Poyntonophrynus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 | Poyntonophrynus kavangensis Poynton & Broadley, 1988 | Calombe – IICT/A 156/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 1 | |
| Brevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850 | Breviceps Merrem, 1820 | Breviceps poweri Parker, 1936 | Calombe – IICT/A 163/1959, 169/1959, 174–177/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 6 |
| Hemisotidae Cope, 1867 | Hemisus Günther, 1859 | Hemisus marmoratus (Peters, 1854) | Calombe – IICT/A 150/1959, 171/1959 | 2 | |
| Hyperoliidae Laurent, 1943 | Hyperolius Rapp, 1842 | Hyperolius angolensis Steindachner, 1868 | Caconda – IICT/A 54/1957; Cameia lake – IICT/A 10-1958 | 2 | |
| Hyperolius sp. | Calombe – IICT/A 100–112/1959, 152/1959; Calombe river – IICT/A 28–84/1959; Caluando river, Luando Reserve – IICT/A 26/1959; Saurimo – IICT/A 6/1957; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/A 147/1959 | 91 | |||
| Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869 | Arthroleptis Smith, 1849 | Arthroleptis stenodactylus Pfeffer, 1893 | Calombe – IICT/A 172–173/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 2 |
| Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987 | Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 | Ptychadena anchietae (Bocage, 1868) | Dilolo lake – IICT/A 62/1958 | Ruas (2002a) | 1 |
| Ptychadena grandisonae Laurent, 1954 | Calombe river – IICT/A 113/1959; Luena – IICT/A 15/1957 | Ruas (2002a) | 2 | ||
| Ptychadena cf. mascareniensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | Cameia lake – IICT/A 2–8/1958, 15–37/1958; Caluando river, Luando Reserve – IICT/A 17–20/1959, 22–23/1959; Dilolo lake – IICT/A 55–61/1958; Kwanza river margins, Luando Reserve – IICT/A 16-1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 45 | ||
| Ptychadena subpunctata (Bocage, 1866) | Cameia lake – IICT/A 1/1958, 38–50/1958; Dilolo lake – IICT/A 53/1958, 63/1958 | Ruas (2002a) | 16 | ||
| Ptychadena sp. | Calandula [or Kalandula] waterfalls – IICT/A 7–13/1957, 11/1958; Calombe – IICT/A 160–162/1959; Cameia lake – IICT/A 52/1958; Luena – IICT/A 16/1957; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/A 3/5/1957, 53/1957 | 17 | |||
| Ptychadena upembae (Schmidt & Inger, 1959) | Cameia lake – IICT/A 14/1958 | Ruas (2002a) | 1 | ||
| Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987 | Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 | Ptychadena uzungwensis (Loveridge, 1932) | Calombe – IICT/A 167/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 1 |
| Phrynobatrachidae Laurent, 1941 | Phrynobatrachus Günther, 1862 | Phrynobatrachus natalensis (Smith, 1849) | Calombe river – IICT/A 144–145/1959; Camanongue – IICT/A 21–52/1957; Kwanza river source, Luando Reserve – IICT/A 1/1959, 10–13/1959; Kwanza river margins, Luando Reserve – IICT/A 2–9/1959, 21/1959; | Ruas (2002a) | 48 |
| Pyxicephalidae Bonaparte, 1850 | Amietia Dubois, 1987 | Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866) | Calombe – IICT/A 164–165/1959; Luena – IICT/A 21A/1957 | Ruas (2002a) | 3 |
| Ranidae Batsch, 1796 | Amnirana Dubois, 199 | Amnirana darlingi (Boulenger, 1902) | Calombe – IICT/A 154/1959, 157/1959, 159/1959; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/A – 148–149/1959 | Ruas (2002a) | 5 |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF AMPHIBIAN SPECIMENS | 259 | ||||
| REPTILES | |||||
| CHELONII Brongiart, 1800 | |||||
| Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868 | Pelomedusa Wagler, 1830 | Pelomedusa subrufa (Lacepède, 1788) | Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 4/1958 | 1 | |
| Pelusios Wagler, 1830 | Pelusios bechuanicus FitzSimons, 1933 | Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 1/1958, 1A/1958, 2A/1958, 3/1958 | 4 | ||
| SQUAMATA Oppel, 1811 | |||||
| Gekkonidae Gray, 1825 | Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 | Hemidactylus longicephalus Bocage, 1873 | Quizambil mines – IICT/R 1–3/1957 | Manaças (1963); Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer (2020) | 3 |
| Hemidactylus nzingae Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques & Bauer, 2020 | Candande farm – IICT/R 4–5/1957 | Manaças (1963); Ceríaco, Agarwal, Marques and Bauer (2020) | 2 | ||
| Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1825 | Dalophia Gray, 1865 | Dalophia angolensis Gans, 1976 | Calombe, 7 km “west” from Luena – IICT/R 50/1959, 167/1959, 204/1959, 265/1959, 294–296/1959, 298–300/1959, 318/1959, 387/1959, 399/1959, 430/1959 | Gans (1976) | 16 |
| Zygaspis Cope, 1885 | Zygaspis nigra Broadley & Gans, 1969 | Calombe, 7 km “west” from Luena – IICT/R 44/1959, 203/1959, 314–316/1959, 339A/1959 | 6 | ||
| Varanidae Hardwicke & Gray, 1824 | Varanus Merrem, 1820 | Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Dilolo lake – IICT/R 108/1958 | Manaças (1963) | 1 |
| Lacertidae Bonaparte, 1831 | Ichnotropis Peters, 1854 | Ichnotropis bivittata Bocage, 1866 | Luena – IICT/R 136–137/1958; Luena (Santa Cruz farm) – IICT/R 229–231/1959; Cameia lake – IICT/R 5/1958; Calombe – IICT/R 58–60/1959, 79–81/1959, 244/1959, 252/1959, 267/1959, 277/1959, 279/1959, 320–323/1959, 339/1959, 374–375/1959, 410/1959, 420/1959, 437/1959; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R Angola6–9 | Manaças (1963) | 31 |
| Scincidae Cuvier, 1808 | Lubuya Horton, 1972 | Lubuya ivensii (Bocage, 1879) | Calombe – IICT/R 48/1959, 239/1959 | Manaças (1963) | 2 |
| Panaspis Cope, 1868 | Panaspis sp. | Calombe – IICT/R 268/1959, 276–277/1959, 288/1959 | 4 | ||
| Sepsina Bocage, 1866 | Sepsina angolensis Bocage, 1866 | Calombe – IICT/R 47/1959, 79A–81A/1959, 200–201/1959, 264/1959, 386/1959, 409/1959, 416/1959, 431–432/1959, 436/1959, 438–439/1959, Angola1 | 16 | ||
| Scincidae Cuvier, 1808 | Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 | Trachylepis bayonii (Bocage, 1872) | Calombe – IICT/R 243/1959, 246/1959, 254–255/1959, 258/1959, 268–276/1959, 278/1959, 288/1959, 324–325/1959, 327–338/1959, 364–373/1959, 376–385/1959, 378A/1959, 385A/1959; 421–425/1959, 427–428/1959; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R Angola18 | Manaças (1963) | 60 |
| Trachylepis sp. | Cameia lake – IICT/R 30–31/1958 | 2 | |||
| Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, “1869” 1870) | Kuito – IICT/R 77/1957, 81/1957; Cameia lake – IICT/R 23/1958, 26/1958, 232/1959; Calombe – IICT/R 61–67/1959, 253/1959, 256–257/1959, 259/1959, 280/1959, 283/1959, 326/1959, 335/1959, 405/1959, 426/1959; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 79–84/1959, 124–125/1958; Luena – IICT/R 234–235/1959, 238/1959; Santa Cruz farm, Luena – IICT/R 138/1958; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R Angola10–16 | Manaças (1963) | 40 | ||
| Gerrhosauridae Fitzinger, 1843 | Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 | Gerrhosaurus bulsi Laurent, 1954 | Cameia lake – IICT/R 122/1958; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 2/1958, 72/1958 | Manaças (1963) | 3 |
| Tetradactylus Merrem, 1820 | Tetradactylus ellenbergeri (Angel, 1922) | Calombe – IICT/R 310–313/1959, 319/1959 | 5 | ||
| Agamidae Gray, 1827 | Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 | Acanthocercus cyanocephalus (Falk, 1925) | Cachingues – IICT/R 83/1957; Cacolo – IICT/R 15–18/1959; Calombe – IICT/R 53–55/1959, 69/1959, 251/1959, 261/1959, 291/1959, 302/1959, 391/1959, 395/1959; Cassamba – IICT/R 40/1957; Luchazes – IICT/R 38/1957; Luena – IICT/R 28/1957, 33/1957; Lumbala Nguimbo – IICT/R 36–37/1957, Kuito – IICT/R 78/1957; Santa Cruz farm, Luena – IICT/R 133–135/1959, 139–141/1959 | Manaças (1963) | 28 |
| Agama Daudin, 1802 | Agama aculeata Merrem, 1820 | Cameia lake – IICT/R 27–28/1958; Calombe – IICT/R 57/1959, 68/1959, 70/1959, 262–263/1959, 360–361/1959, 401/1959, 407/1959, 449/1959, 450A/1959; Cassamba – IICT/R 39-1957; Huambo – IICT/R 86/1957 | Manaças (1963) | 15 | |
| Agama shacki Mertens, 1938 | Calandula [or Kalandula] waterfalls – IICT/R 32/1959, 32A/1959; outskirts of Huambo – IICT/R 84–85/1957 | 4 | |||
| Agama sp. | Kwanza river waterfalls – IICT/R 8–11/1957 | Manaças (1963) | 4 | ||
| Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825 | Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 | Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819 | Cacolo – IICT/R 19/1957; Cameia lake – IICT/R 24/1958, 74/1958; Calombe – IICT/R 56/1959, 71/1959, 354–356/1959, 396–397/1959, 402–403/1959, 408/1959, 411/1959, 413–414/1959, 451/1959, 454–455/1959; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 85–96/1958, 123/1958; Luena (Santa Cruz farm) – IICT/R 131 132/1958, 146/1958, 146A/1958, 149/1959, 149A/1959; Luena –IICT/R 42/1959, 241/1959; Mutumbo – IICT/R 82-1957 | Manaças (1963 | 41 |
| SERPENTES | |||||
| Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 | Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009 | Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866) | Calombe Reserve – IICT/R 415A/1959, 416A/1959, 429/1959; Kwanza river source, Luando Reserve – IICT/R 34/1959 | 4 | |
| Afrotyphlops sp. | Dundo – IICT/R Angola17 | 1 | |||
| Viperidae Oppel, 1811 | Bitis Gray, 1842 | Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) | Luena – IICT/R Angola5 | 1 | |
| Bitis gabonica (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | Moxico – IICT/R A-1966 | 1 | |||
| Viperidae Oppel, 1811 | Causus Wagler, 1830 | Causus bilineatus Boulenger, 1905 | Cameia lake – IICT/R 12A/1958; Calombe – IICT/R 249/1959 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 2 |
| Causus rhombeatus (Lichtenstein, 1823) | Calombe – IICT/R 151–152/1958, 51/1959, 52A/1959, 209/1959, 290/1959, 304/1959, 306/1959, 309/1959, 386A/1959, 433/1959, 453/1959, 479/1959; Camanongue – IICT/R 75/1957; Cameia lake – IICT/R 75/1958; Cazombe river source – IICT/R 52/1959; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 126/1958; Luena (Santa Cruz farm) – IICT/R 145/1958; Luena – IICT/R 8/1959, Angola4, Angola19; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 28/1959, 31/1959, 33A/1959, 38/1959, 345/1959, 384A/1959, 410B/1959, 437A/1959, 438A/1959, 441/1959 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 31 | ||
| Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 | Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | Boaedon fradei Hallermann et al. 2020 | Calombe – IICT/R 150/1958, 5/1959, 40/1959, 341/1959, 350/1959, 400/1959, 404/1959, 410A/1959, 450/1959, 340/1968; Luena – IICT/R 240/1968 | Manaças (1973 “1974”); Hallermannn et al. (2020) | 11 |
| Lycophidion Fitzinger, 1843 | Lycophidion capense (Smith, 1831) | Calombe – IICT/R 292/1959, 448/1959 | 2 | ||
| Psammophis Boie, 1825 | Psammophis angolensis (Bocage, 1872) | Cameia lake – IICT/R 7/1958 | 1 | ||
| Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882 | Calombe – IICT/R 29/1959, 75/1959, 77/1959, 18/1959, 245/1959, 431A/1959, 443/1959, 452/1959; Cameia National Park – IICT/R 77/1958; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 127/1958; Luena – IICT/R Angola20; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 12/1958, 14/1958 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 13 | ||
| Psammophis zambiensis Hughes & Wade, 2002 | Calombe – IICT/R 303/1959; Cameia lake – IICT/R 30A/1958 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 2 | ||
| Psammophylax acutus (Günther, 1888) | Calombe – IICT/R 210–227/1959, 285/1959, 434/1959, 444/1959 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 21 | ||
| Psammophylax sp. | Menongue – IICT/R 15/1958 | 1 | |||
| Prosymna Gray, 1849 | Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915 | Milando – IICT/R 14/1957; Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 348–349, 348–349/1959 | 5 | ||
| Elapidae Boie, 1827 | Pseudohaje Günther, 1858 | Pseudohaje goldii (Boulenger, 1895) | Luachimo dam canal – IICT/R Angola3 | 1 | |
| Colubridae Oppel, 1811 | Crotaphopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 | Crotaphopeltis barotseensis Broadley, 1968 | Dilolo lake – IICT/R 362/1959 | 1 | |
| Crotaphoepltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) | Calombe – IICT/R 109–110/1958; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 362/1959, 406/1959, 417/1959 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 4 | ||
| Dasypeltis Wagler, 1830 | Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) | Calombe – IICT/R 447/1959 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 1 | |
| Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858 | Dipsadoboa shrevei (Loveridge, 1932) | Calombe – IICT/R 4/1959 | 1 | ||
| Dispholidus Duvernoy, 1832 | Dispholidus typus typus (Smith, 1828) | Calombe – IICT/R 76/1959, 457–458/1959; Luena (Santa Cruz farm) – IICT/R 142/1958, 147–148/1958; Luena – IICT/R 386/1958, 1–2/1959, 386/1968 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 9 | |
| Dispholidus typus punctatus Laurent, 1955 | Calombe – IICT/R 76/1959 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 1 | ||
| Colubridae Oppel, 1811 | Philothamnus Smith, 1840 | Philothamnus angolensis Bocage, 1882 | Candande farm – IICT/R 7/1957; Kuito – IICT/R 79/1957 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 2 |
| Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther, 1863) | Calombe – IICT/R 78/1958; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 121/1958, 130/1958; Lungué-Bungo river [or Lungwebungu] margins – IICT/R 41/1957, 247/1957; Uíge – IICT/R 17/1958 | Manaças (1973 “1974”) | 6 | ||
| Natricidae Bomaparte, 1838 | Limnophis Günther, 1865 | Limnophis bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936) | Cameia lake – IICT/R 25/1958; Dilolo lake – IICT/R 107/1958, 251/1958 | 3 | |
| Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1868 | Calombe – IICT/R 33/1959, 45/1959; Luena – IICT/R 37/1959; Forest patch, Luena – IICT/R 35/1959 | 4 | |||
| Natriciteres Loveridge, 1953 | Natriciteres sp. | Angola [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 16/1958 | 1 | ||
| TOTAL NUMBER OF REPTILES SPECIMENS | 418 | ||||