Species:

Ichnotropis chapini  SCHMIDT, 1919

Common names:

Chapin’s Rough-scaled Lizard (English)
Chapin’s Rauhschuppeneidechse (German)

Types:

Holotype: AMNH 10674

Terra Typica:

Ada, in the Democratic Republic of Congo near the border with South Sudan.

Taxonomic notes:

Bekannt nur nach 2 Exemplaren vom Typusfundort und einem Exemplar aus Adra [= Adranga ?, ca. 130km südlich der Terra Typica], das von WITTE (1933) gemeldet worden war. Seither keine neuen Nachweise.

WERNER MAYER, 2015

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Schmidt, K.P. & Lang, H. & Chapin, J.P. (1919) -  Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Pt. I. Turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and chameleons. -  Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 39 (2): 385–624.     

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  Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction. List of localities. New genus. List of new species and type localities. Preliminary note on the distribution of African lizards. Note on the distribution of African turtles -- Testudinata. Testudinae. Kinixys Bell. Pelomedusidae. Pelusios Wagler. Pelomedusa Wagler -- Loricata (Crocodilia). Crocodylidae. Crocodylus Laurenti. Osteoblepharon, new genus. Ecological notes on Congo crocodiles -- Squamata. Lacertilia. Geckonidae. Gonatodes Fitzinger. Hemidactylus Cuvier. Lygodactylus Gray. Agamidae. Agama Daudin. Varanidae. Varanus Merrem. Lacertidae. Lacerta Linnaeus. Bedriagaia Boulenger. Algiroides Fitzinger. Ichnotropis Peters. Eremias Wiegmann. Holaspis Gray. Gerrhosauridae. Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann. Scincidae. Mabuya Fitzinger. Lygosoma Gray. Ablepharus Fitzinger. Anelytropidae. Feylinia Gray. Chamaeleontidae. Chamaeleon Gronovius. Rhampholeon Günther -- Appendix A: Lists of the turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and chameleons of the rain forest and of the Sudanese subprovince -- Appendix B: Notes on the types of Hallowell`s West African species in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.