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Global conservation status (lUCN): Not 
Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is 
known from Angola and extreme northern 
Nambia. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 220): The 
species occurs in southwest and eastern Ango¬ 
la. Lunda Sul: “Alto Cuilo” [-10.01667, 
19.55000] (Laurent 1964a:69); “Alto Chicapa” 
[-10.88333, 19.23333] (Laurent 1964a;69) [in 
error]. Moxico: “environs du lac Calundo” 
[-11.80000, 20.86667] (Laurent 1964a:69); 
“Cazombo” [-11.88333, 22.91667] (Laurent 
1964a;69); “Calunda” [-12.11667, 23.46667] 
(Laurent 1964a:69). Huambo: “Bela-Vista 
(Sanguengue)” [-12.36667, 16.20000] (Hell- 
mich 1957b:56). Benguela: “Quindumbo” 
[-12.46667, 14.93333] (Bocage 1895a;45, Distribution of Trachylepis chimbana in 
1897a:195; Broadley 1975a:14); “10 km E of 
Caembombo” [-13.01667, 14.01667] (Broadley 1975a:14); “Coporolo” [-13.38333, 13.88333] 
(Broadley 1975a: 14); “5 km S of Catara River on Lucira Road” [-13.55000, 12.55000] (Broadley 
1975a:14). Huila: “Jau, around Sa da Bandeira” [-15.20000,13.51667] (Laurent 1964a:69). Nami- 
be: “Lucira” [-13.86667, 12.53333] (Broadley 1975a:14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Rio Chimba” 
[-14.30000, 12.40000] (Bocage 1872:77, 1895a:45, 1897a:195; Boulenger 1887:204; Broadley 
1975a: 14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Chapeau Armando turnoff, Mossamedes” [-14.45000, 
12.36667] (Broadley 1975a:14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Assuncao” [-14.86667, 13.10000] 
(Broadley 1975a:14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “14 kmNE Caraculo” [-14.90214, 12.74229] (Broa¬ 
dley 1975a: 14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Maconjo” [-15.01667, 13.20000] (Bocage 1895a:45, 
1897a:195; Broadley 1975a:14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Capangombe” [-15.10000, 13.15000] 
(Bocage 1895a:45, 1897a:195; Broadley 1975a:14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Mossamedes” 
[-15.20000,12.15000] (Boulenger 1887:204; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Saiona River, NW of Cain- 
de” [-15.40000, 13.20000] (Broadley 1975:14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Cainde” [-15.48333, 
13.36667] (Broadley 1975a:14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57); “Rio Coroca” [-15.78333, 12.06667] 
(Broadley 1975a: 14; Ceriaco et al. 2016a:57). Cunene: “Othinjau” [-17.33333, 14.26667] 
(Hellmich 1957b:56); “Humbe” [-16.68333, 14.90000] (Schmidt 1933:12). Undetermined locali¬ 
ty: “12 km W of Humbia” (Broadley 1975a:14); “Huke” (Broadley 1975a:14). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Boulenger (1887) provided E. chimbana as a replace¬ 
ment name for Bocage’s (1872) Euprepes affinis which was preoccupied. Laurent (1964a) treated 
M. chimbana as a subspecies of Mabuya striata but Broadley (1975a) treated it as a member of the 
Trachylepis lacertiformis complex. It seems likely that Laurent’s concept of this species was 
different than that of other authors and that his localities, far to the east of what is usually regard¬ 
ed as a western species (Broadley 1975a; Branch 1998; Portik and Bauer 2012), apply to another 
congener. These specimens have recently been rediscovered and are under study. 
Trachylepis damarana (Peters, 1870) Kalahari Variable Skink 
Euprepes damaranus Peters 1870:20. Leetotype: ZMB 6153 (eolleetor W. C. H. Peters). Type loeality: 
“Damaraland,” [= north eentral Namibia], Namibia. 
