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on information from Albert Gunther at the British Museum, he was initially convinced that his 
material was conspecific with I. dumerilii (Smith, 1849) [= 7. capensis (Smith, 1838)] and under 
that account heading he listed: "'Tropidosaura DumerUii. Smith. Ichnotropis bivittatus. Nob. Mss.” 
Peters (1882) argued for the validity of Bocage’s species and suggested that the specimen of 
7. dumerUii that Gunther had compared it to might not have been Smith’s type specimen. Because 
of this confusion 7. bivittata was for some time mentioned in the literature as 7. capensis (e.g., 
Bocage 1895a; Boulenger 1887, 1897, 1905; Ferreira 1897b, 1903). No modem revision of 
Ichnotropis has yet been carried out (Edwards et al. 2013 a) and the status of a number of taxa 
remains equivocal. 
Ichnotropis bivittata pallida Laurent, 1964 Pale Rough-Scaled Lizard (Endemic) 
Ichnotropis bivittata pallida Laurent 1964a:64, fig. 19. Holotype: MD 1854 (collector A. Barros Machado). 
Type locality: “Boca da Humpata, Huila” [Huila Province], Angola. 
Ichnotropis bivittata pallida'. Laurent (1964a:64), 
Edward et al. (2013a: 110). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not 
Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is 
known from Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 169): The 
species 7. b. pallida has only been recorded 
from its type locality on the southwestern 
plateau. Huila: “Boca da Humpata” 
[-14.93333, 13.51667] (Laurent 1964a:64). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Laurent (1964a) suggested that some speci¬ 
mens refered to Ichnotropis bivittata by 
Monard (1937b) from the Cunene Basin might 
belong to 7. b. pallida. The status of 7. bivittata 
pallida remains equivocal, although Ineich and 
Le Garff (2015) recognized it as a valid sub¬ 
species. 
Ichnotropis capensis capensis (Smith, 1838) 
A[lgyra] capensis Smith 1838:94. Syntypcs: lost fide FitzSimons (1943). Type locality: “sandy deserts around 
Latakoo” [= Lithako, approx. 27°S, 24°E, i.e. btwn. Kumman and Taungs, N. Cape Province,] South 
Africa. 
lehnotropis eapensis: Boulenger (1897:277), Laurent (1964a:63), Branch (1998:162), Broadley and Cotterill 
(2004:22), Broadley (2004:326), Bates et al. (2014:161). 
lehnotropis eapensis eapensis'. Branch and McCarteney (1992:1). 
lehnotropis spp.: Conradie et al. (2016:24). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The typical form of the species is known from the Democratic Republic 
of Congo and Angola, south into Namibia and eastwards to Mozambique and South Africa. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 170): Ichnotropis capensis capensis has been recorded from 
Cuando Cubango Province. Cuando Cubango: “approximately 50 km E of Cuito Cuanavale” 
[-15.23333, 19.61667] (Branch and McCarteney 1992:1); “Cuito basin (25)” [-15.139194, 
Map 169. Distribution of Ichnotropis bivittata pallida in 
Angola. 
The Cape Rough-Scaled Lizard 
