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Ocurrences in Angola (Map 226): The 
species has only been recorded from northeast¬ 
ern Angola. Lunda Sul: “Alto Cuilo” 
[-10.01667, 19.55000] (Laurent 1964a:74). 
Malanje: “Cangandala National Park” 
[-9.84606,16.72233] (Ceriaco etal. 2016b:71). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
According to Laurent (1964a) the two speci¬ 
mens from “Alto Cuilo” differ from the speci¬ 
mens of Mabuya megalura (Peters, 1878) 
{=Trachylepis megalura) from East Africa and 
around Lake Kivu and probably represent an 
undescribed “angolo-katangaise” variety or 
new species. Recently collected specimens 
from Cangandala National Park, Malanje 
Province (Ceriaco et al. 2016b) appear to be 
conspecific with Laurent’s material and further 
studies are now in progress. 
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Map 226. Distribution of Trachylepis cf. megalura in 
Angola. 
Trachylepis monardi nom. nov. Marques, Ceriaco, Blackburn and Bauer Monard’s Skink 
(Endemic) 
Mabuia striata angolensis Monard 1937b:89. Syntypes: MHNC 91.0599-0613 [15 specimens], MHNG 
858.95 (collector A. Monard). Type locality: “Kuvangu” [= Cuvango], Huila Province and “Bimbi” 
[=Bimbe] Huambo Province, Angola. 
Mabuya striata angolensis: Mahnert (1976:488), Ortiz (1989:56). 
Mabuya angolensis: Laurent (1964a:72). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known only from Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 227): The 
species occurs mainly in the central-west 
Angola. Huambo: “Bimbi” [-11.81667, 
15.83333] (Monard 1937b:89; Mahnert 
1976:488; Ortiz 1989:56). Bie: “Silva Porto” 
[-12.33333, 16.86667] (Laurent 1964a:72). 
Huila: “Kuvangu” [-14.46667, 16.30000] 
(Monard 1937b:89; Mahnert 1976:488; Ortiz 
1989:56). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Monard (1937b) described Mabuia striata 
angolensis perhaps unaware of Bocage’s 
(1872) Euprepis angolensis, a name that has 
been largely neglected or sometimes subse¬ 
quently synonymized with Mabuya striata 
angolensis, however, its identity remains 
uncertain. Both Boulenger (1887) and Bocage 
(1895a) treated it as a synonym of Euprepes 
varia Peters, 1867, and we include the relevant 
ll-E 20°E 24“ E 
Map 227. Distribution of Trachylepis monardi in 
Angola. 
