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.  

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• 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.  

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• 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.    

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  Today Ichnotropis is still a poorly understood genus. This is an attempt to initialize some change herein, by providing an extensive bibliographic history of the genus, together with some remarks on the described taxa. Necessary future research is suggested.