Botswana and Namibia. 

Species:

Ichnotropis grandiceps  BROADLEY, 1967

Common names:

Caprivi Rough-scaled Lizard (English)
Caprivi Rauhschuppeneidechse (German)

Types:

Holotype: USNM 163989, an adult male.
Paratypes: UM 16278 (male) and USNM 163990 (Juvenile). (UM = Umtali Museum, Rhodesia). Besides the type and paratypes, only 4 other specimens are known, collected by W.D. HAACKE and residing in the Transvaal Museum: DNMNH (= TM) 30822, DNMNH (= TM) 38309, DNMNH (= TM) 38310 and DNMNH (= TM) 38404.

Terra Typica:

25 miles west of Mohembo, Botswana, on the border of the Caprivi Strip, Namibia.


Taxonomic notes:

After the two specimens on which the first description is based, a further 4 specimens were reported by HAACKE (1970) from the north-east Namibian-Botswana border region. A discovery in 2022 provided the first genetic data (BREDA, R.V. van (2023)).

Lacerta.de, 2025


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Broadley, D.G. (1967) -  A new species of Ichnotropis (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Botswana-Caprivi border. -  Arnoldia - National Museums of Southern Rhodesia, Harare, Zimbabwe, 3 (24): 1-5.  

  • Haacke, W.D. (1970) -  New herpetological records from South West Africa. -  Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 26: 277-283.  

  • Breda, R.V. van (2023) -  Herpetofaunal survey of the Khaudum–Ngamiland dispersal area in Namibia. -  NWU-IR, Boloka Institutional Repository: 1-97    

 
 
 
 
 

Ichnotropis grandiceps  © 1967 National Museum of Natural History