SASSCAL ObservationNet - Tundavala (S72)

The Tundavala observatory is located on a key region of the angolan biogeographic puzzle, with several plant and bird endemisms, where amphibians and reptiles are poorly studied. Herpetofauna in Tundavala is being monitored since April 2016. Monitoring seasons happen three times a year, in the beggining, peak, and end of the rainy season, and consists of using traplines with pitfalls and funneltraps, as well as visual encounter surveys. A summary of species is presented, a number of wich are importante re-discoveries for the Angolan herpetology (see SASSCAL book for more information). Some species have been intentionally omitted from the Tundavala species list, and will be made available on this platform after being published (work in prep.).
In Bicuar National Park, the species list results from a number of non-standardized sampling seasons and opportunistic records inside the Park and in farms located along the park boundaries.
In Cameia National Park, Candelela and Cusseque observatories, the records of herpetofauna are opportunistic.
Note: The information regarding Angolan herpetofauna refers to ongoing research, and awaits formal publication.

Family	Species	Common name
Species seen at this observatory Species seen at another observatory A = Species observed within the observatory B = Species observed in the surroundings of the observatory
Amphibians
Pyxicephalidae	Amietia angolensis Bocage, 1866	Angola River Frog	A
Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius cf. benguellensis (Bocage, 1893)	Benguela Long Reed Frog	A
Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius cf. parallelus Günther, 1858	Angola Reed Frog	A
Hyperoliidae	Hyperolius cinereus Monard, 1937	Monard's Reed Frog	A
Hyperoliidae	Kassina senegalensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)	Bubbling Kassina	A
Arthroleptidae	Leptopelis anchietae (Bocage, 1873)	Anchieta's Treefrog	A
Arthroleptidae	Leptopelis cf. bocagii (Günther, 1865)	Bocage's Treefrog	A
Phrynobatrachidae	Phrynobatrachus cf. mababiensis FitzSimons, 1932	Mababe Puddle Frog	A
Ptychadenidae	Ptychadena cf. anchietae (Bocage, 1868)	Anchieta's Ridged Frog	A
Bufonidae	Sclerophrys cf. pusilla (Mertens, 1937)	Flat-Backed Toad	A
Bufonidae	Sclerophyrs cf. gutturalis (Power, 1927)	Guttural Toad	A
Pyxicephalidae	Tomopterna cf. tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882)	Rough Sand Frog	A
Pipidae	Xenopus cf. petersii Bocage, 1895	Peters' Clawed Frog	A
Reptiles
Typhlopidae	Afrotyphlops cf. anomalus (Bocage, 1873)	Blind Snake	A
Agamidae	Agama cf. aculeata (Merrem, 1820)	Ground Agama	A
Agamidae	Agama cf. planiceps Peters, 1862	Rock Agama	A
Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleo anchietae Bocage, 1872	Double-scaled Chameleon	A
Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819	Flapneck Chameleon	B
Cordylidae	Cordylus machadoi Laurent, 1964	Machado's Girdled Lizard	A
Scincidae	Eumecia anchietae Bocage, 1870	Western Serpentiform Skink	A
Lamprophiidae	Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873)	Viperine Rock Snake	A
Lamprophiidae	Lycophidion cf. multimaculatum Boettger, 1888	Spotted Wolf Snake	A
Elapidae	Naja anchietae Bocage, 1879	Anchieta's cobra	A
Gekkonidae	Pachydactylus cf. puntactus Peters, 1854	Speckled Thick-toed Gecko	A
Scincidae	Panaspis cf. wahlbergi (Smith, 1849)	Wahlberg's lidless skink	A
Colubridae	Philothamnus angolensis (Bocage, 1882)	Angolan Green Snake	A
Lamprophiidae	Psammophylax rhombeatus ocellatus (Bocage, 1873)	Ocellated Skaapsteker	A
Gekkonidae	Rhoptropus boultoni montanus Laurent, 1964	Montane Day Gecko	A
Scincidae	Trachylepis cf. hoeschi (Mertens, 1954)	Hoesch's skink	A
Scincidae	Trachylepis cf. varia (Peters, 1867)	Variable Skink	A
Scincidae	Trachylepis cf. wahlbergi (Peters, 1869)	African Striped Skink	A
Scincidae	Trachylepis sulcata ansorgii (Boulenger, 1907)	Western Rock Skink	A