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 SPECKLED THICK-TOED GECKO Pachydactylus punctatus Peters, 1854 MATERIAL .— INP, 29 November 2013 , 16º39ʹ24.1ʺS , 12º26ʹ12.2ʺE , 460 m ( CAS 254781– 254784 ) ; Espinheira, 29 November 2013 , 16º47ʹ11.01ʺS , 12º21ʹ28.77ʺE , 457 m ( CAS 254799– 254800 ) , 16º47ʹ7.02ʺS , 12º21ʹ16.86ʺE , 457 m ( CAS 254806 ) ; 16º47ʹ4.2ʺS , 12º21ʹ16.62ʺE , 457 m ( CAS 254809–254810 ) , 16º47ʹ12.71ʺS , 12º21ʹ28.67ʺE , 457 m ( CAS 254812 ) , 16º47ʹ20.3ʺS , 12º21ʹ27.6ʺE , 457 m ( CAS 254960 ) . COMMENTS .— The species is known from southwestern Angola in the provinces of Benguela (Bocage 1867, 1895; Boulenger 1885 ; Hellmich 1957b ; Laurent 1954 ), Huila ( Monard 1931 , 1937 , Laurent 1964a), Cunene (Laurent 1964a), and Namibe ( Schmidt 1933 , Laurent 1964a). Members of the P. punctatus complex have been confused with other southern African Pachydactylus , including P. occellatus and P. geitje (Bocage 1867, 1885, 1895; Boulenger 1905 ; Frade 1963 ). The previous report of P. serval in Angola ( Monard 1931 ) likely corresponds to P. punctatus . A phylogeographic study of P. punctatus is being currently undertaken ( Heinz 2011 ) and it appears that this taxon comprises multiple unnamed cryptic species. At least two, possibly three, taxa in this complex occur in southwestern Angola . Pachydactylus punctatus sensu lato is the most common terrestrial gecko in most of northern Namibia as well as southern Angola .