Gabon, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, northern Zambia, and southern Tanzania. 

Species:

Ichnotropis bivittata  BOCAGE, 1866

Synonyms:

Ichnotropis tanganicana   BOULENGER, 1917

Ichnotropis capensis bivittata  LAURENT, 1952

Ichnotropis bivittata pallida   LAURENT, 1964

Common names:

Angolan Rough-scaled Lizard (English)
Angolische Rauhschuppeneidechse (German)

Types:

Syntype: BMNH 1946.9.3.47-48 (1866.6.11.3-4), ZMB 5827; additional syntypes in Lisbon were probably destroyed by a fire in 1975.
Holotype: MD 1854 (collector A. Barros Machado) [pallida]

Terra Typica:

Duque de Bragança, Angola, N-Angola.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Bocage, J.V.B. du (1866) -  Lista dos reptis das possessões portuguezas d`Africa occidental que existem no Museu de Lisboa. -  Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, I (1): 37-56.  

  • Laurent, R.F. (1964) -  Ichnotropis -  In: Reptiles et batraciens de l`Angola (troisième note). Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais, Museu do Dundo (Angola), 67: 61-65.  

  • Berg, M.P. van den (2017) -  An annotated bibliographic history of Ichnotropis PETERS, 1854 (Reptilia, Lacertidae) with remarks on the validity of some of the including species. -  L@CERTIDAE, 2017 [4]: 60-138.