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I942b:I05; Wagner et al. 2012:37); “Lunda, sur les bords du Tyihumbwe” [-11.00000, 20.00000] 
(Monard I937b:79); “Lunda” [-10.96667, 20.06667] (de Witte and Laurent I942b:I05; Wagner et 
al. 2012:37). Mexico: “environs du lac Calundo (Chef Sa-Mussamba Village) 105 km east of 
Luso” [-11.80000, 20.86667] (Laurent 1964a:55). Cuando Cubango: “along a dammed section of 
the Luassingua River (23)” [-14.58972, 18.17083] (Conradie et al. 2016:24). Undetermined loca¬ 
tion: “sur les bords du Quando” (Bocage 1895a:37; Monard 1937b). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Bocage (1895a) cited Angolan material of Catia 
africana, currently Tetradactylus africanus (Gray, 1838), a species now regarded as restricted to 
coastal regions of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and adjacent southern Mozambique (Bates et al. 
2014). It is likely that Bocage’s record is referable to T. ellenbergeri (Angel, 1922). Monard 
(1936b) described T. lundensis from Angola, althgouh Laurent (1964a) treated it as a synonym of 
T. ellenbergeri boulengeri (de Witte, 1933). Wagner et al. (2012) noted only the “Lunda” record 
from Angola, but other historical records exist (see above). 
Family Scincidae Gray, 1825 
Genm Acontias Cuvier, 1816 “1817” 
Acontias jappi (Broadley, 1968) 
Barotseland Blind Legless Skink 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not 
Evalutated 
Global distribution: The species occurs 
from western Zambia to eastern Angola, west 
of the Zambezi River. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 194): The 
species occurs in Mexico Province, southeast¬ 
ern Angola. Moxico: “Gago Coutinho district” 
[-10.88333, 19.23333] (Broadley 1968a: 13; 
Schneider and Bauer 2009:56). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Schneider and Bauer (2009) recognized 
A. jappi as a full species, and were followed by 
Lamb et al. (2010) and Wagner et al. (2012), 
although molecular data are required to con¬ 
firm its specific status. 
Map 194. Distribution oi Acontias jappi in Angola. 
Typhlosaurus lineatus jappi Broadley 1968a: 13. Holotype: 
Japp). Type loeality: “Kalaho, Barotseland, Zambia”. 
Typhlosaurus jappi'. Schneider and Bauer (2009:56). 
Acontias jappi'. Lamb et al. (2010:42), Wagner et al. 
(2012:294). 
NMZB 6757 (formerly UM 6757) (collector R.G. 
I2“E 20°E I4'*E 
Acontias kgalagadi Lamb, Biswas and Bauer, 2010 Kalahari Legless Skink 
Typhlosaurus lineatus Boulenger 1887:432, pi. XXVIII, fig. 3. Holotype: BMNH 69.2.4.1 (presented by 
South African Museum). Type locality: “Cape of Good Hope,” South Africa. 
Acontias kgalagadi kgalagadi'. Conradie et al. (2016:25). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evalutated 
Global distribution: The species is knwon from northern Namibia and Botswana and adja¬ 
cent southeastern Angola. 
