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district de Mogamedes” [-14.96667, 12.96667] 
(Laurent I964a;74; Ceriaco et al. 20I6a;57); 
“Campangombe” [-15.10000, 13.15000] 
(Bocage I895a:4I; Ceriaco et al. 2016a;57); 
“Iona National Park, Rio Curoca in Pediva Hot 
Springs area” [-16.28359, 12.56106] (Ceriaco 
et al. 2016a:34); “Leba Pass” [-15.07003, 
13.24339] (Ceriaco et al. 2016a:34); “Namibe- 
Lubango road, 2 km east (by road) of Man- 
gueiras, south side of the road” [-15.04464, 
13.15861] (Ceriaco et al. 2016a:34). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Three subspecies of this species have been rec¬ 
ognized; the nominate form, Trachylepis s. 
ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907) and T. s. nigra 
(Werner, 1915) (Portik 2009; Portik et al. 2010, 
2011; Bates et al. 2014). Trachylepis sulcata 
nigra has been synonymized with the typical 
form but the taxonomic status of T. s. ansorgii 
remains uncertain (Portik et al. 2010, 2011). Ostensibly T. s. ansorgii is diagnosable by a larger 
snout-vent length and larger head size (Branch 1998; Portik 2009; Bates et al. 2014). The geo¬ 
graphic limit of ansorgii is unclear. Branch (1998) depicted both it and T. s. sulcata as occuring 
parapatrically in northwestern Namibia, but no concerted effort has been made to determine if there 
are actually two taxa in Angola and adjacent Namibia or, if there are, where their boundaries lie. 
Preliminary molecular phylogenetic results suggest that there is significant structure within 
Angolan popluations, but the taxonomic status of these cannot yet be assessed. We here treat all 
Angolan material T. sulcata pending further study. 
Map 
Angola. 
231. Distribution of Trachylepis sulcata in 
Trachylepis wahlbergii (Peters, “1869” 1870) Wahlberg’s Striped Skink 
Euprepes Wahlbergii (Peters “1869” 1870:661). Leetotype: ZMB 6155 (eolleetor J.A. Wahlberg) designated 
by implieation by Boulenger (1887). Type loeality: “Damaraland” Namibia. NHR 2190 is the paraleeto- 
type and has the same data as the leetotype. 
Euprepespunctatissimus: Boeage (1866a:44, 1870:68). 
Mabuia striata: Boeage (1895a:41, 1896a:lll, 1897b:211), Boulenger (1905:111), Angel (1923:160), 
Schmidt (1933:12), Monard (1937b:88), Themido (1941:8). 
Mabuya striata: Parker (1936:136). 
Mabuya striata striata: Mananas (1963:235). 
Mabuya striata wahlbergi: Branch and McCartney (1992:1), Branch (1998:157), Broadley (2000:106). 
Traehylepis wahlbergii: Branch and Conradie (2015:200), Conradie et al. (2016:26). 
Traehylepis striata: Ceriaco et al. (2016b:69). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: A widespread species in southern Africa, from Malawi, western Mozam¬ 
bique, northern and western Zimbabwe and norther Botswana through Zambia and parts of the 
former Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo to most of Namibia and Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 232): Widley distributed across Angola, although apparently 
absent from the forested far north and the arid far southwest. Uige; “Fazenda Otilia, Encoge” 
[-7.55000, 15.03333] (Managas 1963:235). Malanje: “Duque de Bragan9a” [-9.10000, 15.95000] 
(Bocage 1866a:44, 1895a:41); “Cangandala National Park” [-9.81858, 16.65403] (Ceriaco et al. 
