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. Ansorge (in
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District) and reached it on
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</taxonomicName>
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, to between Chinguar (
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,
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, elevation
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a.s.l.) and Cunhangamua River (
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,
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, elevation
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a.s.l.),
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<collectingRegion id="49D00BF2FFC4FFB106D8FBC655124757" box="[226,374,1114,1139]" country="Angola" name="Bie" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Bié Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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(
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<figureCitation id="132FD995FFC4FFB107D9FBC6564C4757" box="[483,552,1114,1139]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1724,1746]" captionTargetBox="[164,1400,1104,1674]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[150,1436,1095,1702]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 6. Distribution of Psammophylax ocellatus (green) and Psammophis ansorgii (blue). Right (A): Africa with location of Angola in blue. Middle (B): Topographic map of Angola, showing relief and central localities, and red square outlining the location of the Humpata Plateau, adjacent to the Chela Escarpment. Localities: 1–2 Catchiungo—Chinguar (blue star) type locality of Psammophis ansorgii; 3, Cunhangamua; 4, Tundavala; 5, Estação Zootécnica; 6, Chibemba (green star) type locality of Psammophylax ocellatus; 7, Humbe; 8, Calueque, near Ruacaná. Left (C): zoomed in region of Humpata Plateau." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2653416/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106ADFB3F557C479F" blockId="16.[151,909,1187,1355]" box="[151,280,1187,1211]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Synonymy:</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C30E969BFFC4FFB106ADFB5A5719466F" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106ADFB5A56EA47FB" blockId="16.[151,909,1187,1355]" box="[151,654,1222,1247]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC4FFB106ADFB5A56EE47FB" authority="Boulenger, 1905, p 113" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityPageNumber="113" authorityYear="1905" box="[151,650,1222,1247]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Psammophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ansorgi">
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||
<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106ADFB5A55E547FB" box="[151,385,1222,1247]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Psammophis ansorgi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC4FFB107B2FB5A562147FB" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[392,581,1222,1247]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" pagination="105 - 115" refId="ref11089" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1905) A list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 16, 105 - 115. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745480509443656" type="journal article" year="1905">Boulenger, 1905</bibRefCitation>
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, p113
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106ADFB7657E94627" blockId="16.[151,909,1187,1355]" box="[151,909,1258,1283]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC4FFB106ADFB76566E4627" authority="Peracca 1896" authorityName="Peracca" authorityYear="1896" box="[151,522,1258,1283]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Psammophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jallae">
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||
<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106ADFB7655094627" box="[151,365,1258,1283]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Psammophis jallae</emphasis>
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Peracca 1896
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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(part)—
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC4FFB10451FB7657434627" author="Loveridge, A." box="[619,807,1258,1283]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" pagination="1 - 69" refId="ref12671" refString="Loveridge, A. (1940) Revision of the African snakes of the genera Dromophis and Psammophis. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoology, 87 (1), 1 - 69." type="journal article" year="1940">Loveridge, 1940</bibRefCitation>
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, p. 6, 63.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106ADFA92561A4603" blockId="16.[151,909,1187,1355]" box="[151,638,1294,1319]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC4FFB106ADFA92561D4603" authority="Hellmich, 1957, p 69" authorityName="Hellmich" authorityPageNumber="69" authorityYear="1957" box="[151,633,1294,1319]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Psammophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ansorgii">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106ADFA9255ED4603" box="[151,393,1294,1319]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Psammophis ansorgii</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC4FFB107AAFA9256254603" author="Hellmich, W." box="[400,577,1294,1319]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" pagination="39 - 80" refId="ref11964" refString="Hellmich, W. (1957) Die Reptilienausbeute der Hamburgischen Angola-Expedition. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 55, 39 - 80." type="journal article" year="1957">Hellmich, 1957</bibRefCitation>
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, p69
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106ADFAAE5719466F" blockId="16.[151,909,1187,1355]" box="[151,893,1330,1355]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC4FFB106ADFAAE561B466F" authority="Broadley 1977 b, p 13" authorityName="Broadley" authorityPageNumber="13" authorityYear="1977" box="[151,639,1330,1355]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Psammophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ansorgii">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106ADFAAE55ED466F" box="[151,393,1330,1355]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Psammophis ansorgii</emphasis>
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Broadley 1977b, p13
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</taxonomicName>
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; Broaldey 2002, p. 98.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C30E969BFFC4FFB106ADFAE6509646DB" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106ADFAE6509646DB" blockId="16.[151,1437,1402,2003]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106ADFAE655E546B7" bold="true" box="[151,385,1402,1427]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Material examined.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC4FFB107B2FAE6561F46B7" authorityName="Broadley" authorityYear="1977" box="[392,635,1402,1427]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Psammophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ansorgii">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB107B2FAE6561F46B7" box="[392,635,1402,1427]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Psammophis ansorgii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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: NB560, montane grassland south of observatory, Tundavala region of the Humpata Plateau, near Chela Escarpment (
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,
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,
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a.s.l.),
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<collectingRegion id="49D00BF2FFC4FFB10252FA0251714693" box="[1128,1301,1438,1463]" country="Angola" name="Huila" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Huíla Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F3038580FFC4FFB1031AFA0251114693" box="[1312,1397,1438,1463]" name="Angola" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Angola</collectingCountry>
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,
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<date id="FFAAE3D0FFC4FFB103BAFA03552446FF" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" value="2017-02-10">10 February 2017</date>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="3B7CCF4DFFC4FFB10775FA5E508A46DB" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2237036587" collectingDate="2017-07-13" country="Angola" county="Chela Escarpment" elevation="2262" latitude="-14.817611" location="Vieque village" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="13.4185" municipality="Humpata Plateau" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Huila">
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NB600, montane grassland near
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,
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<location id="8ECB93CBFFC4FFB10546FA5E502746FF" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BD7406FFC4FFB006ADFEBB515441A3:8ECB93CBFFC4FFB10546FA5E502746FF" box="[892,1091,1474,1499]" country="Angola" county="Chela Escarpment" latitude="-14.817611" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="13.4185" municipality="Humpata Plateau" name="Tundavala region" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" stateProvince="Huila">Tundavala region</location>
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of the
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, near
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||
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(
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,
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,
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<quantity id="4CEC68F5FFC4FFB104A1FA7A569446DB" box="[667,752,1510,1535]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2619999999999996" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" unit="m" value="2262.0">2262 m</quantity>
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||
a.s.l.
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||
</elevation>
|
||
),
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||
<collectingRegion id="49D00BF2FFC4FFB10578FA7A578B46DB" box="[834,1007,1510,1535]" country="Angola" name="Huila" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Huíla Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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||
<collectingCountry id="F3038580FFC4FFB105C3FA7A502B46DB" box="[1017,1103,1510,1535]" name="Angola" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Angola</collectingCountry>
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.
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||
<collectingDate id="EFEE1A38FFC4FFB10260FA7B508A46DB" box="[1114,1262,1510,1535]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" value="2017-07-13">
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<date id="FFAAE3D0FFC4FFB10260FA7B508A46DB" box="[1114,1262,1510,1535]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" value="2017-07-13">13 July 2017</date>
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</collectingDate>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C30E969BFFC4FFB106FDF996511F44AF" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" type="description">
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||
<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106FDF99656D2443B" blockId="16.[151,1437,1402,2003]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106FDF996553C4506" bold="true" box="[199,344,1546,1571]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
A medium-sized sand snake (maximum
|
||
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||
). Nostril pierced between 2 or 3 nasals; preocular 1, usually separated from frontal; postoculars 2; temporals usually 2+2+3 (sometimes 2+1); supralabials 7, the third & fourth entering orbit (sometimes 2–3 or 2–4); infralabials 8–9, the first
|
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<quantity id="4CEC68F5FFC4FFB105D0F9CF5073454F" box="[1002,1047,1618,1643]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.016" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" unit="in" value="4.0">4 in</quantity>
|
||
contact with anterior sublinguals; dorsal scales in 15-15-13 (sometime
|
||
<date id="FFAAE3D0FFC4FFB10402F9EA56FA45AB" box="[568,670,1654,1679]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" value="2015-11-15">15-15-11</date>
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) rows; ventrals 152–161; cloacal shield divided; subcaudals 70–78. Dorsum grey-brown to reddish brown, usually uniform but sometimes with a fine ‘ladder’ pattern on the forebody due to black-edged dorsal scales. Head uniform grey-brown on crown, but with characteristic ivory-coloured pre- and post-oculars and a black-edged ivory-cream stripe on supralabials. Ventrum unpatterned with a white-edged yellowish centre, and brighter yellow below tail.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106ADF8B657724467" blockId="16.[151,1437,1402,2003]" box="[151,790,1834,1859]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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Scalation details of specimen are summarized in
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106FDF8D350054443" blockId="16.[151,1437,1402,2003]" box="[199,1121,1870,1895]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106FDF8D3549A4442" box="[199,254,1871,1894]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Size:</emphasis>
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Maximum size: 555 + 195 =
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<quantity id="4CEC68F5FFC4FFB10470F8D256C34443" box="[586,679,1870,1895]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" unit="mm" value="750.0">750 mm</quantity>
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(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC4FFB1048FF8D257384443" author="Hellmich, W." box="[693,860,1870,1895]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" pagination="39 - 80" refId="ref11964" refString="Hellmich, W. (1957) Die Reptilienausbeute der Hamburgischen Angola-Expedition. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 55, 39 - 80." type="journal article" year="1957">Hellmich 1957</bibRefCitation>
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—Bela-Vista,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3038580FFC4FFB105C4F8D250324443" box="[1022,1110,1870,1895]" name="Angola" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Angola</collectingCountry>
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB106FDF8EE511F44AF" blockId="16.[151,1437,1402,2003]" box="[199,1403,1906,1931]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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||
<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106FDF8EE554E44AF" bold="true" box="[199,298,1906,1931]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Habitat.</emphasis>
|
||
See habitat characterization for
|
||
<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB104AEF8E8574F44AF" box="[660,811,1906,1931]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC4FFB104AEF8E8574344AF" authorityName=", Bocage" authorityYear="1873" box="[660,807,1906,1931]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Psammophylax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ocellatus">Ps. ocellatus</taxonomicName>
|
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.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
An illustration of the habitat is shown in
|
||
<figureCitation id="132FD995FFC4FFB102C7F8EE511C44AF" box="[1277,1400,1906,1931]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1148,1170]" captionTargetBox="[146,1441,295,1132]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[146,1441,295,1132]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 3. Psammophis ansorgii NB 560, Tundavala montane grassland, Huíla province; A: whole body dorsal coloration showing the characteristic reddish brown body; B: Lateral view of head showing scalation and distinctive ivory-coloured pre- and postoculars and dark-edged, pale upper labial stripe; C: Habitat—montane grasslands, Tundavala, Huíla Province; D: Illustration from Boulenger’s (1905) description of P. ansorgii showing uniform body coloration, and pale upper labial stripe and pale pre- and postoculars. All photos by N. Baptista." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2653410/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Figure. 3C</figureCitation>
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.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection id="C30E969BFFC4FFB006FDF80A507543F1" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="359" pageId="16" pageNumber="358" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BABC510FFC4FFB006FDF80A507543F1" blockId="16.[151,1437,1402,2003]" lastBlockId="17.[151,1436,151,647]" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="359" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC4FFB106FDF80A5504448B" bold="true" box="[199,352,1942,1967]" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Endemic to the central highlands of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3038580FFC4FFB1052DF80A5708448B" box="[791,876,1942,1967]" name="Angola" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Angola</collectingCountry>
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, from Bela-Vista (= Catchiungo,
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,
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),
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<collectingRegion id="49D00BF2FFC4FFB1076EF826564644F7" box="[340,546,1978,2003]" country="Angola" name="Huambo" pageId="16" pageNumber="358">Huambo Province</collectingRegion>
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(previously the only precise locality), to Tundavala on the Humpata Plateau,
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<collectingRegion id="49D00BF2FFC5FFB006ADFF0B55244394" box="[151,320,151,176]" country="Angola" name="Huila" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Huíla Province</collectingRegion>
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(
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<figureCitation id="132FD995FFC5FFB00775FF0B55F74394" box="[335,403,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1724,1746]" captionTargetBox="[164,1400,1104,1674]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[150,1436,1095,1702]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 6. Distribution of Psammophylax ocellatus (green) and Psammophis ansorgii (blue). Right (A): Africa with location of Angola in blue. Middle (B): Topographic map of Angola, showing relief and central localities, and red square outlining the location of the Humpata Plateau, adjacent to the Chela Escarpment. Localities: 1–2 Catchiungo—Chinguar (blue star) type locality of Psammophis ansorgii; 3, Cunhangamua; 4, Tundavala; 5, Estação Zootécnica; 6, Chibemba (green star) type locality of Psammophylax ocellatus; 7, Humbe; 8, Calueque, near Ruacaná. Left (C): zoomed in region of Humpata Plateau." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2653416/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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). The Tundavala material represents a 400+km southwest range extension to the edge of the plateau, and an altitudinal increase from approximately
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to
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a.s.l.
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB006FDFF43554B43DC" bold="true" box="[199,303,223,248]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Ecology:</emphasis>
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NB600 was collected while active during the day in montane grassland in rocky soil, near a patch of dwarf miombo, in the middle of the dry season (13
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of July, 2017). This female snake was gravid, containing nine eggs (three in the left oviduct and six in the right) that measured
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in length.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB006FDFED255144243" bold="true" box="[199,368,334,359]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Conservation:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB00741FECC55914243" box="[379,501,336,359]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">P. ansorgii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC5FFB00408FECC56A14243" authorityName=", Bocage" authorityYear="1873" box="[562,709,334,359]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Psammophylax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ocellatus">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB00408FECC56A14243" box="[562,709,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Ps. ocellatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are two of only five known endemic Angolan snakes (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC5FFB00373FED254B742AF" author="Branch, W. R." pageId="17" pageNumber="359" pagination="41 - 82" refId="ref11181" refString="Branch, W. R. (2018) Snakes of Angola-an annotated checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 12 (2), 41 - 82." type="journal article" year="2018">Branch 2018</bibRefCitation>
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), that occur sympatrically in the Tundavala region of the Humpata plateau, a region highlighted as a centre of herpetofaunal endemism (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC5FFB00787FE0B563D428B" author="Laurent, R. F." box="[445,601,406,431]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" pagination="11 - 165" refId="ref12637" refString="Laurent, R. F. (1964) Reptiles et Amphibiens de l'Angola (Troisieme contribution). Publicacoes culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 67, 11 - 165." type="journal article" year="1964">Laurent 1964</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC5FFB0045DFE0A572F428B" author="Baptista, N. & Antonio, T. & Branch, W. R." box="[615,843,406,431]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" pagination="397 - 403" refId="ref10819" refString="Baptista, N., Antonio, T., Branch, W. R. (2018) Amphibians and reptiles of the Tundavala region of the Angolan Escarpment. Biodiversity & Ecology, 6, 397 - 403. https: // doi. org / 10.7809 / b-e. 00351" type="journal article" year="2018">
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Baptista
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB004F6FE045762428B" box="[716,774,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">et al.</emphasis>
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2018
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</bibRefCitation>
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). Although the distributions of both species are still poorly known, and inland records indicate that both are not restricted to montane grassland habitat, their cooccurrence in the Tundavala region reinforces the need for its protection, which has been previously highlighted (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC5FFB006A4FD9E55CC413F" author="Huntley, B. J. & Matos, E. M." box="[158,424,514,539]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" pagination="53 - 74" refId="ref12282" refString="Huntley, B. J. & Matos, E. M. (1994) Botanical diversity and its conservation in Angola. Strelitzia, 1, 53 - 74." type="journal article" year="1994">Huntley & Matos 1994</bibRefCitation>
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) but still lacks implementation (
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<bibRefCitation id="EF85B8E1FFC5FFB00522FD9E5798413F" author="Baptista, N. & Antonio, T. & Branch, W. R." box="[792,1020,514,539]" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" pagination="397 - 403" refId="ref10819" refString="Baptista, N., Antonio, T., Branch, W. R. (2018) Amphibians and reptiles of the Tundavala region of the Angolan Escarpment. Biodiversity & Ecology, 6, 397 - 403. https: // doi. org / 10.7809 / b-e. 00351" type="journal article" year="2018">
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Baptista
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB00544FD9857DC413F" box="[894,952,514,539]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">et al.</emphasis>
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2018
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</bibRefCitation>
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). The areas where both species were found undergo man-made fire every year. It is not known how this habitat disturbance affects these species. More surveys are required to assess the conservation status of both Angolan endemics, and other localized and potentially endemic lizards such as
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC5FFB0041CFDF2577D41A3" box="[550,793,622,647]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Chamaeleo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anchietae">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB0041CFDF2577D41A3" box="[550,793,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Chamaeleo anchietae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC5FFB0051DFDEC579941A3" authorityName="Bocage" authorityYear="1870" box="[807,1021,622,647]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Eumecia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anchietae">
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB0051DFDEC579941A3" box="[807,1021,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">Eumecia anchietae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9601902FFC5FFB00209FDF2515441A3" box="[1075,1328,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="359">
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<taxonomicName id="4C14BE93FFC5FFB00209FDF2514941A3" box="[1075,1325,622,647]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Rhoptropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">Rhoptropus montanus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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