Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

Lobón-Rovira, Javier, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, Ninda L, Clark, Tyron, Verburgt, Luke, Jongsma, Gregory Fm, Conradie, Werner, and, Luis Veríssimo, Vaz, Pedro & Pinto, 2025, Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa, African Journal of Herpetology 74 (1), pp. 1-59 : 1-59

Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Nganzi ; –5.5025, 12.3679; 107 m a.s.l.; EI 817; GenBank: PQ455967. • Mayombe NP, Mbongo Zimune; –4.7442, 12.6914; 324 m a.s.l.; P3.146; GenBank: PQ455966 .

Identification. The material reported in this work differed by 2.5% (16S p -distance) from material collected from Gabon (GenBank: AY927270 ) and by 3% from material from other

specimens from Huila, Angola (GenBank: HF570444 ).Nevertheless,phylogenetic analyses have suggested cryptic speciation within the C.dilepis complex ( Main et al.2022).Given that the type locality of C.dilepis is coastal Gabon,these specimens may represent true C.dilepis ,so no further taxonomic actions are recommended for C.dilepis from Cabinda Province.It must be noted that Rio Cuilo in coastal Gabon is also the type locality of C. dilepis quilensis , but genetics analysis found this taxon to be conspecific with C. d. dilepis , leading to regarding C. d. quilensis to be regard as a synonym of C. d. dilepis ( Main et al. 2018, 2022)

Biology and distribution. Chamaeleo dilepis is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. In Angola,the species is also widely distributed,spanning a wide range of habitats and ecoregions ( Main et al. 2022). In Cabinda Province, the species is frequently found in the Littoral Peneplain and the Coastal Drier Belt.However, one specimen was found in Lower Mayombe on a riverine area next to a village, among extensive plantations of introduced bamboo .

Agamidae

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Figure 8. Some of the reptile species recorded from from Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province, Angola. Codes in brackets represent field numbers. A. Kinixys erosa (P2.208) from Inhuca. B. Osteolaemus tetraspis (P2.064) from Vaku, Upper Mayombe. C. Chamaeleo dilepis (EI 817), D. Agama congica and E. Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus from near Nganzi. F. Holaspis guentheri from Vaku, Upper Mayombe. G. H. mabouia (P2.232) from Miconge, Upper Mayombe. G. Hemidactylus pfindaensis (EI 1136) from near Nganzi, and I. H. pfindaensis (P2.234) from Miconge, Upper Mayombe. J. Lygodactylus aff. laterimaculatus (P3.199) from Sanga Wanda, Lower Mayombe. K. Feylinia grandisquamis from near Nganzi. L. Panaspis breviceps (P2.205), from Miconge, Upper Mayombe. M. P. cabindae (EI 1135) from near Nganzi. N. Trachylepis albolabris (P3.130) from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe, and O. from near Nganzi. P. T. maculilabris and Q. T. polytropis (P3.218) from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe. R. Dipsadoboa weileri (P3.151) from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe S. Grayia ornata (P3.145) from Chimbete, Lower Mayombe. T. Hapsidophrys smaragdinus (P1.144) from Tando Zinze. U. Dendroaspis jamesoni, from near Nganzi. V. Naja melanoleuca killed by farmers at Nganzi. W. Psammophis mossambicus (EI 809) from near Nganzi. X. Python sebae from a street market in Cabinda City. Photographs by PVP (A–B, G, I–J, L, N, Q), JLR (R–S), TC (T–U, X), LV (C–E, V–W), Alex Rebelo (H, K, M), Rogério Ferreira (F, P).