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Crocodylus fwntatus: Bocage (1866a:41), Peters (1877a:611). 
Crocodylus tetraspis: Boeage (1895a:9), Frade (1963:252), Grigg and Kirshner (2015:12). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Vulnerable. 
Global distribution: Osteolaemus tetraspis sensu lato is known from across the tropical low¬ 
land regions of sub-Saharan West Africa and West Central Africa, from Senegal to the southeast¬ 
ern Democratic Republic of Congo. Osteolaemus tetraspis sensu stricto (see Notes below) occus 
south of the Cameroon Volcanic Line and primarily west of the Congo Basin. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 123): This 
species occurs in Cabinda enclave and in the 
north of the country, although all published 
records come from Cabinda alone. Cabinda: 
“Chinchoxo” [-5.10000, 12.10000] (Peters 
1877a:611; Bocage 1895a:252); “Rio Quilo” 
[-5.18333, 12.18333] (Bocage 1866a:41, 
1895a;9); “Zona de Cabinda” [-5.55000, 
12.18333] (Frade 1963:252). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
The taxonomy of the African dwarf crocodile, 
Osteolaemus tetraspis has been under debate 
for many years (Eaton et al. 2008). The species 
was first described by Cope 1861, from the 
Ogooue Basin. A second dwarf crocodile 
genus, Osteoblepharon was proposed by 
Schmidt (1919) but regarded as a synonym of 
Osteolaemus by Mertens (1943) and Inger 
(1948). Eaton et al. (2008) revealed that the 
genus Osteolaemus contains at least three distinct species; O. tetraspis from the greater Ogooue 
Basin (including Gabon, portions of Cameroon and southwest Congo), O. osborni (Schmidt, 1919) 
from the Congo Basin, and a putative new species from West Africa. However, Franke et al. (2013) 
considered O. osborni as a subspecies of tetraspis. In Angola the species is confirmed only from 
Cabinda, which agrees with the current known distribution presented by Grigg and Kirshner 
(2015). 
Map 
Angola. 
123. Distribution of Osteolaemus tetraspis in 
Order SQUAMATA Oppel, 1811 
LIZARDS 
Family Gekkonidae Gray, 1825 
Gtnm Afroedura Loveridge, 1944 
Afroedura bogerti complex Loveridge, 1944 Bogert’s Rock Gecko 
Afroedura karroica bogerti Loveridge 1944:1, fig. 1. Holotype: AMNH 47841 (eolleetors H. and A. Chap¬ 
man). Type loeality: “Namba (Mombolo),” Kwanza Sul Provinee, Angola. 
Aftoedura ef bogerti: Branch (1998:232). 
Afroedura bogerti: Bates et al. (2014:93), Jacobsen et al. (2014:467), Branch et al. (2017:158). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from Angola and Namibia. 
