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Global conservation status (lUCN): 
Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is 
known from southwestern Angola through 
western Namibia and into the western parts of 
South Africa. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 186): The 
species occurs in the southwestern regions near 
the coast, but probably also inland (see Notes 
below). Benguela; “Catumbella” [-12.43333, 
13.55000] (Bocage 1895a:37); “Benguela” 
[-12.58333, 13.41667] (Boulenger 1887:126; 
Bocage 1895a:37); “Dombe” [-12.95000, 
13.10000] (Bocage 1867b:222, 1895a;37). 
Huila: “Rio Cuce” [-13.51667,15.20000] (Fer¬ 
reira 1897b:242). Namibe; “Rio Coroca” 
[-15.78333, 12.06667] (Bocage 1895a:37; 
Ceriaco et al. 2016a:59); “Iona National Park, MA,\%6.Uisx,ihutionoiCordylosaumssubt^^^^^^ 
20 km SSW of Espinheira” [-16.93169, 
12.24500] (Bocage 1895a:37; Ceriaco et al. 2016a;39). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: FitzSimons (1937) recognized a single BMNH speci¬ 
men (number not given) corresponding to Smith’s description, but the description, although giving 
details for only a single animal, does note that two specimens were collected by Smith. Ferreira’s 
(1897b) record of Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863 from “Rio Cuce,” Huila may actually refer to this 
unrelated, although superficially similar species. 
ll^E 20“E 24"E 
Genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 
Gerrhosaurus auritus Boettger, 1887 Kalahari Plated Lizard 
Gerrhosaurus auritus Boettger 1887:148, pi. V, figs. 3a-e. Holotype: SMF 13947 (formerly SMF 6120a) (eol- 
leetor H. Sehinz) fide Boettger (1893) and Mertens (1922, 1967). Type loeality: “Ondonga in Ovam- 
boland” Namibia. 
Gerrhosaurus auritus: Monard (1937b:78). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic 
of Congo and Namibia. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 187): The species occurs in northeastern Angola. Lunda Sul: 
“Lunda” [-10.96667, 20.06667] (Monard 1937b:78) 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Monard considered one specimen from “Lunda” to be 
possibly referable to Gerrhosaurus multilineatus Bocage, 1866, although Loveridge (1942) reject¬ 
ed this interpretation and treated this taxon as a subspecies of Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Hal- 
lowell, 1857. Subsequent authors, including FitzSimons (1943), Mertens (1971) and de Witte 
(1953) have considered G. auritus a full species. However, de Witte’s specimens were, in fact, 
referable to G. bulsi Laurent, 1954 (Bates et al. 2013), a species described by Laurent (1954) first 
as a subspecies of auritus. Broadley (1971) treated auritus as a subspecies of G. multilineatus 
and this has subsequently been followed by Bates et al. (2014). There has been much confusion 
regarding the applicability of names in Gerrhosaurus due to the lack of fresh material of Angolan 
