Herpetological Survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola Author Ceríaco, L. M. P. Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, 1269 - 102 Lisbon, Portugal. & Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. luisceriaco@netcabo.pt Author De Sá, S. Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação, Ministério do Ambiente de Angola, Centralidade do Kilamba, Rua 26 de Fevereiro, quarteirão Nimi ya Lukemi, edíficio Q 11, 3 ° andar, Angola. Author Bandeira, S. Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação, Ministério do Ambiente de Angola, Centralidade do Kilamba, Rua 26 de Fevereiro, quarteirão Nimi ya Lukemi, edíficio Q 11, 3 ° andar, Angola. Author Valério, H. Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade e Áreas de Conservação, Ministério do Ambiente de Angola, Centralidade do Kilamba, Rua 26 de Fevereiro, quarteirão Nimi ya Lukemi, edíficio Q 11, 3 ° andar, Angola. Author Stanley, E. L. Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. Author Kuhn, A. L. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. & City University of New York, Graduate Center, 365 5 th Ave., New York, New York, 10016, USA. Author Marques, M. P. Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, 1269 - 102 Lisbon, Portugal. Author Vindum, J. V. Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118, USA. Author Blackburn, D. C. Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. Author Bauer, A. M. Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085 - 1699, USA. text Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2016 2016-04-29 63 2 15 61 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.11066801 0068-547X 11066801 KAROO SAND SNAKE – Fig. 19 Psammophis notostictus Peters, 1867 MATERIAL .— Espinheira, 30 November 2013 , 16º47ʹ13.8ʺS , 12º21ʹ27.5ʺE , 457 m ( CAS 254827 ); Pico Azevedo, 7 December 2013 , 15º32ʹ2.4ʺS , 12º29ʹ31.1ʺE , 359 m ( CAS 254940 ) . COMMENTS .— Psammophis notostictus is easily recognizable from all other southern African Psammophis by its single cloacal shield and the presence of two preoculars ( Broadley 1975b , 1977 , 2002 ). These two specimens have both of these diagnostic characters. The species is known for Angola , but only from Namibe Province . The closest published records of the species are in Rio São Nicolau ( Loveridge 1940 ; Broadley 1975b , 2002 ), Moçamedes [ Namibe city] ( Bocage 1887 ; Loveridge 1940 ), and Curoca River ( Loveridge 1940 ; Broadley 2002 ). Our records expand the known distribution of the species further south in the country, although it is continuous southwards throughout much of western southern Africa ( Branch 1998 ).