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[-12.35000, 14.81667] (Bocage 1895a:52). Undetermined Locality: “Between Benguela and 
Bihe” (Boulenger 1905:111). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: The African snake-eyed skinks have been subject to 
large scale taxonomic changes both at the generic and subgeneric levels (Fuhn 1969; Ferret 1973, 
1975; Greer 1974; Schmitz et al. 2005; Medina et al. 2016; see also notes in above species 
accounts). Panaspis wahlbergii has long been used to refer to skinks occurring throughout much 
of southern and eastern Africa. The discovery by Jacobsen (1989) of the species subsequently 
described as P. maculicollis Jacobsen and Broadley, 2000, in sympatry with P. wahlbergii revealed 
that older records of Panaspis need to be carefully investigated. The molecular phylogeny of 
Medina et al. (2016) has identified numerous species level lineages within the range previously 
attributed to P. wahlbergii. Specimens superficially resembling P. wahlbergii have recently been 
collected in Quigama National Park, Luanda Province (M. Marques and L. Ceriaco pers. obs.) The 
misspelling of the specific epithet in the original description was corrected by Smith in an errata 
slip issued with the original work, thus the corrected version of the name {wahlbergii) is ICZN 
Code compliant. 
Genus Sepsina Bocage, 1866 
Sepsina angolensis Bocage, 1866 Angolan Reduced-Limb Skink 
Sepsina angolensis Bocage 1866b:63. Holotype: MBL specimen number unknown (collector F.A.P. Bayao), 
destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “Duque de Braganga, a I’interieur d’Angola” [= Calan- 
dula,] Malanje Province, Angola. 
Sepsina angolensis Bocage (1866a:45, 1867b:223, 1870:68, 1895a:53, 1896a:111, 1897a: 197), Peters 
(1881:147), Boulenger (1887:421, 1905:111), Ferreira (1904:117), Monard (1937b:95), Mertens 
(1938a:438), de Witte and Laurent (1943:16), Laurent (1964a:81), Branch and McCartney (1993:1), 
Branch (1998:1467), Ceriaco et al. (2016a:56). 
Seelotes angolensis: Hellmich (1957a:68). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, 
Zambia and northern Namibia. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 211): 
Species records are widely distributed across 
the entire country, except the far northwest and 
northeastern regions. Bengo: “Catete” 
-9.11667, 13.70000] (Ferreira 1904:117). 
Kwanza Norte: “Zembe” [-9.31667, 
14.66667] (Ferreira 1904:117). Malanje: 
“Duque de Braganga” [-9.10000, 15.95000] 
(Bocage 1866a:45, 1866b:63, 1867b:223, 
1895a:53, 1897a:197); “Malanje” [-9.55000, 
16.35000] (Bocage 1895a:53); “Pungo-Andon- 
go” [-9.66667, 15.58333] (Boulenger 
1905:111). Moxico: “environs du lac Calundo” 
[-11.80000, 20.86667] (Laurent 1964a:81). 
Kwanza Sul: “Novo Redondo” [-11.20000, 
13.85000] (Bocage 1867b:223). Huambo: 
“Bimbi” [-11.81667, 15.83333] (Monard 
1937b:95). Benguela: “Ebanga” [-12.73333, 
ll-E 16“E 20“E 14“ E 
Map 211. Distribution of Sepsina angolensis in Angola. 
