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“Biballa” [-14.76667, 13.36667] (Bocage 
1895a: 18; Ceriaco et al. 2016a;58). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Mertens (1938a) diagnosed A. planiceps 
schacki from the nominotypical form on the 
basis of a larger, more robust body, a greater 
number of midbody scale rows (80-90 vs. 63- 
76), and a black (rather than red) tail tip. 
Branch (1998) stated that A. p. schacki 
replaces the typical form in Angola. Recently 
collected molecular and morphological data 
suggests that both forms occur in Angola and 
that planiceps and schacki, although closely 
related, are two distinct species. A detailed 
review of the group is being prepared. Records 
from Benguela (Boulenger 1885) and Lembu 
(Ferreira 1906, 1906) originally referred to 
Agama colonorum have been tentatively 
assigned to A. schacki on the basis of their distribution. 
Map 252. Distribution of Agama schacki in Angola. 
Serpentes 
Family Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 
Genus Afrotyphlops Broadley and Wallach, 2009 
Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866) Angola Blind Snake 
Onychocephalus angolensis Bocage 1866a:46, 1866b:65. Holotype: MBLT79.1134 (collector F.A.P. Bayao), 
destroyed by fire on 18 March 1978. Type locality: “le district du Duque de Braganga” [= Calandula], 
Malanje Province, Angola. 
Onychocephalus Kraussii: Bocage (1873a:252). 
Onychocephalus angolensis: Bocage (1879b:95). 
Typhlops congicus: Bocage (1895a:63). 
Typhlops punctatus punctatus: Loveridge (1957:242). 
Typhlops angolensis adolfi: Laurent (1964a:88). 
Typhlops angolensis: Laurent (1964c:424), Roux-Esteve (1974a:490; 1974b:46), McDiarmid et al. (1999:90), 
Spawls et al. (2004:288). 
Typhlops angolensis angolensis: Managas (1973:189) 
Rhinotyphlops angolensis: Broadley and Cotterill (2004:44), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:332). 
Afrotyphlops angolensis: Broadley and Wallach (2009:29), Ceriaco et al. (2014b:672), Wallach et al. 
(2014:13), Hedges et al. (2014:20). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species occurs in both forest and savanna from Cameroon south 
through the Congo Basin to northern Angola and northeast Zambia and east to Uganda and Kenya. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 253): The species occurs in the northeastern Angola. Kwanza 
Norte: “Canzele” [-8.30000, 15.18333] (Laurent 1964c:424). Malanje: “Duque de Braganqa” 
[-9.10000, 15.95000] (Bocage 1866a:46, 1866b:65, 1873a:252; Loveridge 1957:242; Laurent 
1964c:424; Roux-Esteve 1974a:490, 1974b:57; Broadley and Wallach 2009:29; Wallach et al. 
2014:13). Lunda Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 20.83333] (Laurent 1964b:88; Roux-Esteve 
