A REPORT ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF REPTILES FROM SOUTHERN ANGOLA

Abstract

A small collection of reptiles is reported from the vicinity of Cuito Cuanavale, a herpetologically poorly-known region in southeast Angola. It contains three species of lizard (including the skink Sepsina angolensis and the first record of Ichnotropis capensis capensis from Angola), eight snake species (including the first record of Xenocalamus mechowi inomatus and third record of Mehelya capensis capensis from Angola), and the second Angolan record of the amphisbaenid Dalophia pistillum. Observations on other reptiles from the region are appended.