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Figure 34. A live specimen of Pelusios castaneus pur¬ 
chased from local sellers in Caop Velha, near Cacuaco, Luan¬ 
da Province (Photo by Manuel Botelho). 
Figure 35. Live specimens of Kinixys belliana, among Figure 36. A Nile Crocodile killed by locals in the Laiica 
other bushmeat, confiscated by Cangandala National Parks Dam area and destined for local consumption (Photo by Luis 
rangers from local poachers in September 2015 (Photo by da Costa). 
Luis Ceriaco). 
Reptile parts are traded in the handeraft markets in Luanda and other big eities. The market of 
Benfiea, on the outskirts of Luanda, is eonsidered the seeond largest market for illegal ivory in 
Afriea. While elephant tusks and ivory produets are a major problem, some reptile parts are also 
traded there. Monitor lizards, eroeodilians, and snake-skins transformed into handbags and other 
garments are eommon, as are produets made of turtle shells. New legislation has reeently been put 
in praetiee to ban wildlife produets from being sold in the eountry, and speeial attention has been 
paid by the authorities to the Benfiea market. Yet it is still possible to find these produets being sold 
(Fig. 37). There are no data available on the impaets of the illegal pet trade smuggling living 
animals from the eountry, though it may exist. 
Approximately 12% of the Angolan territory is eurrently proteeted by some form of eonser- 
vation area (Fig. 38). Conservation areas in the eountry are divided into four major eategories — 
National Parks, Regional Parks, Nature Reserves, and Coutadas (game parks). There are eurrently 
16 proteeted areas in the eountry, seattered aeross 11 of the 18 provinees and eovering an area 
