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Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Euprepes petersi Bocage, 1872 was preoccu¬ 
pied by E. petersii Steindachner, 1867 (syn. 
Eutropis dissimilis (Hallowell, 1857)) and 
Mabuia bocagii was proposed as a replacement 
name by Boulenger (1887). As such its type 
material is identical to that of Bocage (1872). 
Bocage (1872) applied his name to the species 
he originally called Euprepes quinquetaeniata 
(Bocage 1866a). His description of E. petersi 
gives details for only a single specimen but his 
earlier mention of E. quinquetaeniata from 
“Duque de Braganga” reveals that there were 
originally many specimens in the series in Lis¬ 
bon. Several of these have been suggested to be 
potential syntypes of E. petersi, including 
ZMB 6479 in Berlin (Bauer et al. 2003) 
BMNH 1946.8.15.30 (formerly 64.7.13.23) in 
Map 219. Distribution of Trachylepis bocagii in Angola. 
London, MNHN 1286 and 1286"* in Paris (Bygoo 1985), and NHMW 16677 in Vie nn a (Tiedemann 
and Haupl 1980; Tiedemann et al. 1994). The last of these, however, is from “Dondo” and cannot 
be part of the type series. Those from London and Paris are from the type locality and are almost 
certainly part of the series of E. quinquetaeniata noted by Bocage (1866a). However, they were 
received from Lisbon several years before the description of E. petersi and were not among those 
on hand in Lisbon when Bocage prepared the description of E. petersi. The date of receipt of the 
Berlin specimen is unknown, but it is likely that it too significantly predated the description of 
E. petersi. Thus, conservatively, any types of this taxon are likely to have been in Lisbon only, 
although those specimens in other collections nonetheless provide valuable confirmation of 
Bocage’s concept of the species. There are several literature records of T. quinquetaeniata from 
Angola, all of which are highly unlikely. This species has a broad distribution across the Sahel, in 
the Nile Valley and in East Africa, but the nearest records to Angola are in the northeastern 
Democratic Republic of Congo and even the closely related T. pulcherrima (de Witte, 1953) 
extends no closer than -1000 km to the nearest purported Angolan sites (Broadley and Bauer 
1998). This is borne out by the examination of the specimens upon which these errant records are 
based. Thus, Malanje and Kwanza Norte references to T. quinquetaeniata (Boulenger 1905; 
Hellmich 1957b) are here referred to T. bocagii. Trachylepis bocagii has also recently been 
collected in Qui^ama National Park, Bengo Province (M. Marques and L. Ceriaco, pers. obs.). 
Trachylepis chimbana (Boulenger, 1887) Chimba Skink 
Euprepes affinis Bocage 1872:77. Syntypes: MBL 822 (2 speeimens), 824 (eolleetor not stated). Type loeali- 
ty: “Rio Chimba, dans I’interieur de Mossamedes” [= Rio Chimba], Namibe Provinee, Angola. 
Mabuia ehimbana Boulenger 1887:204. Replaeement name for Euprepes affinis Boeage, 1872, preoeeupied 
hy E. affinis (Gray, 1838). 
Euprepes affinis'. Boeage (1872:77). 
Mabuia ehimbana'. Boeage (1895a:45, 1897a: 195), Sehmidt (1933:12), Frade (1963:252). 
Mabuya striata angolensis: Hellmieh (1957b:56). 
Mabuya striata ehimbana'. Laurent (1964a:69). 
Mabuya ehimbana'. Broadley (1975a: 13), Braneh (1998:153). 
Traehylepis ehimbana'. Portik and Bauer (2012:128), Ceriaeo et al. (2016a:57). 
