Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea
Author
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
Author
Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
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Author
Riva, Ignacio De La
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-03
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1
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Trioceros chapini
(
Witte, 1964
)
Chamaeleo chapini
Witte, 1964: 1
.
Type
locality: “near
Lukolela
, in the
Territory of Bikoro
,
Equator District
of the
Province of Equator
,
Congo
(former Belgian Congo)”,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
.
Trioceros chapini
(
Witte, 1964
)
:
Tilbury & Tolley 2009: 66
.
Distribution
. This species occurs in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Gabon
and
Equatorial Guinea
. In
Equatorial Guinea
it has only been recorded in
Río Muni
at Monte Alén National Park (
Watkins-Colwell & De Leon 2003
) (
Map 4C
).
Comments.
The
only known specimen from
Equatorial Guinea
is an adult male found in the stomach of a
Telothornis kirtlandi
on
5 June 2002
.
The
specimen is housed in the
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
with the catalogue number YPM 12638 (
Watkins-Colwell & De Leon 2003
).
Specimens examined.
No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.