Restricted to southwestern Angola south of -16° latitude, from eastern Iona National Park in Namibe Province eastwards to the Oncocua region in Cunene Province, between 270 and 892 m. 

Species:

Pedioplanis huntleyi  CONRADIE et al., 2012

Synonyms:

Eremias undata (part)  BOULENGER 1921

Eremias undata undata (part)  LAURENT 1964

Common names:

Huntley’s Sand Lizard (English)
Huntley’s Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Holotype: PEM R18479, adult male, collected by W.R. Branch, W. Conradie, G.J. Measey and K.A. Tolley, 21 January 2009. Field number KTH09-245. Allotype. An adult female (PEM R18487), collected by W. Conradie, 24 January 2009, 14 km west of Moimba, Namibe Province, Angola (16840?46.1?? S, 12858?26.3?? E, 1612DB, 684 m a.s.l). Field number WC09-29. Paratypes.*Thirteen specimens (six females, 8 males: PEM)

Terra Typica:

Road to Oncocua, 7 km from Iona, Namibe Province, Angola (16°51’29.9’’ S, 12°36’45.9’’ E, 1612DC, 803 m elevation.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Conradie, W. & Measey, G.J. & Branch, W.R. & Tolley, K. (2012) -  Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola -  African Journal of Herpetology, Johannesburg, South Africa, 61 (2): 1-22.    

  • Parrinha, D. & Marques, M.P. & Heinicke, M.P. & Khalid, F. & Parker, K.L. & Tolley, K.A. & Childers, J.L. & Conradie, W. & Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco L.M.P. (2021) -  A revision of Angolan species in the genus Pedioplanis Fitzinger (Squamata: Lacertidae), with the description of a new species. -  Zootaxa 5032 (1): 1-46.  

 
 

Angola

 
 
 
 
 

Pedioplanis huntleyi  © 2009 William R. Branch