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restricted to the Namib Desert, in southwestern 
Angola and northwestern Namibia. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 191): The 
species occurs in southwestern Angola and is 
restricted to the Namib Desert. Namibe: “Porto 
Alexandre, between Mossamedes and the 
mouth of the Kunene river” [-15.80000, 
11.83333] (Andersson 1916; Loveridge 
1942:495; FitzSimons 1953:215; Ceriaco et al. 
2016a:59); “Praia do Navio coastal dunes, ca 
12 km SSW ofNamibe” [-16.27233, 11.83164] 
(Ceriaco et al. 2016a:39). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
The Genus Angolosaurus was established by 
FitzSimons (1953) to accommodate the species 
Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson, 1916. Lang 
(1991) considered Angolosaurus skoogi the 
probable sister taxon to mainland African ger- 
rhosaurids (Lang et al. 2003) and Nance (2007) 
supported a position as the most basal member of Gerrhosauridae based on morphology. Howev¬ 
er, Lamb et al. (2003) showed, using mitochondrial DNA data, that the species is embedded with¬ 
in Gerrhosaurus and this was confirmed by a multilocus phylogeny by Lamb and Bauer (2013). 
ConsQqgiQntXy Angolosaurus is a synonym of Gerrhosaurus (Adolphs and Bates 2010). 
Map 
Angola. 
191. Distribution of Gerrhosaurus skoogi in 
Genus Matobosaurus Bates and Tolley, 2013 
Matobosaurus maltzahni (de Grys, 1938) Western Giant Plated Lizard 
Gerrhosaurus Maltzahni de Grys 1938:58, figs. 1-2. Holotype: ZMH 5114 (collector A. von Maltzahn), lost 
? (not reported by Hallermann 1998). Type locality: “Farm Roidina, D.S.W.-Afrika” [= Roidina Nature 
Farm], Namibia. 
Gerrhosaurus robustus: Bocage (1870:68, 1887b:203). 
Gerrhosaurus validus: Bocage (1895a:36), Boulenger (1905:111), Mertens (1938a:435), Frade (1963:253), 
Branch (1998:181). 
Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni'. Loveridge (1942:497), Hellmich (1957b:58). 
Matobosaurus maltzahni'. Bates and Tolley (2013:470), Ceriaco et al. (2016b:59). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from central and northwestern regions of Nambia 
and extends into southern Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 192): The species occurs in the southwestern Angola. Bengue- 
la: “Entre Rios” [-13.01667, 14.63333] (Hellmich 1957b:56); “Cubal” [-13.03333, 14.25000] 
(Mertens 1938a:435; Loveridge 1942:497). Huila: “Quillengues” [-14.06667, 15.08333] (Bocage 
1895a:36; Loveridge 1942:497). Namibe: “Rio Chimba” [-14.30000, 12.40000] (Bocage 
1895a:36; Loveridge 1942:497; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:59); “Mossamedes” [-15.20000, 12.15000] 
(Bocage 1887b:203, 1895a:36; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:59); “0.5 km S of Tambor, Iona” [-16.13556, 
12.42972] (Bates et al. 2013:470; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:59) and “Omuaha Lodge, Iona” 
[-16.19872, 12.40008] (Bates et al. 2013:470 Ceriaco et al. 2016a:59). Undetermined locality: 
“Between Benguella and Bihe” (Boulenger 1905:111; Loveridge 1942:497); “Mossamedes to Huil- 
la” (Bocage 1895a:36; Loveridge 1942:497). 
