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Series 4, Volume 65, Supplement II 
Lygodactylus capensis: Bocage (1895a: 15), Loveridge (1947:208). 
Lygodactylus capensis capensis: Schmidt (1933:4) 
Lygodactylus bradfieldi: Branch (1998:246), Bates et al. (2014:117), Conradie et al. (2016:24). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from Northern Cape through Namibia to southern 
Angola and northwestern Botswana, with an apparently isolated population in northwestern 
Limpopo Province (Branch 1998; Bates et al. 2014). 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 137): Pre¬ 
sumably restricted to Namibe Province. 
Namibe: “Mucungu” [-14.78333, 12.48333] 
(Schmidt 1933:4; Loveridge 1947:212); 
“Capangombe” [-15.10000, 13.15000] 
(Bocage 1895a: 15). Cuando Cubango: “Cuito 
basin (32)” [-17.04880, 19.53333] (Conradie et 
al. 2016:9, 11, 24); “Cuito basin (35)” 
[-16.62322, 19.05352] (Conradie et al. 
2016:9,11,24). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Lygodactylus bradfieldi Hewitt, 1932 was for 
some time treated as a western race of 
L. capensis, although Pasteur (1964) revived it 
as a full species. Pasteur (1964) considered 
Angolan and northeastern Namibian records to 
be referable to L. capensis Smith, 1849, how¬ 
ever, records assigned to L. capensis from 
“Mucungu” (Schmidt 1933; Loveridge 1947) 
and “Capangombe” (Bocage 1895a), Namibe Province may belong to L. bradfieldi given the 
species distribution and adaptation to arid savanna habitats. Recently, Conradie et al. (2016) col¬ 
lected three specimens that correspond to L. bradfieldi from Cuito drainage, in Cuando Cubango 
Province. Namibian and Angolan specimens assigned to both L. bradfieldi and L. capensis require 
reexamination to confirm the species boundaries. 
Map 137. Distribution of Lygodactylus bradfieldi in 
Angola. 
Lygodactylus capensis (Smith, 1849) Cape Dwarf Gecko 
Hemidactylus capensis Smith 1849: pi. 75, fig. 3 and two associated unnumbered text pages. Syntpes: lost fide 
FitzSimons (1937) (eolleetor A. Smith). Type loeality: “Kaffirland, and the distriets to the north of Cape 
Colony,” South Affiea. 
Hemidactylus capensis: Boeage (1867b:219, 1870:68). 
Lygodactylus capensis: Boeage (1895a: 15), Monard (1937b:53), Loveridge (1947:208, 1957:187), Frade 
(1963:253), Pasteur (1964:62), Braneh (1998:246). 
Lygodactylus capensis capensis: Bates et al. (2014:118). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from chiefly savanna habitats of central and south¬ 
ern Africa, from warmer regions of South Africa north to Tanzania in the east and southern Ango¬ 
la in the west. Isloated records exist from southern Kenya and the south central Democratic Repub¬ 
lic of Congo. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 138): Published records for Lygodactylus capensis are from the 
southwestern provinces of Angola. Benguela: “Dombe” [-12.95000, 13.10000] (Bocage 
