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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albertosv@mncn.csic.es
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-03
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Ancylodactylus koehleri
(
Mertens, 1937
)
Figure 7C
Cnemaspis köhleri
Mertens, 1937
.
Type
locality:
Buéa
,
Cameroun
.
Cnemaspis africanus köhleri
Mertens, 1937
:
Loveridge 1947: 90
.
Ancylodactylus koehleri
(
Mertens, 1937
)
:
Malonza & Bauer 2022
.
Distribution.
This species occurs in
Cameroon
and
Equatorial Guinea
. In
Equatorial Guinea
it has been recorded from
Río Muni
at Benito River based on a single female specimen held at the British Museum (
Thys van den Audenaerde (1967)
[cited as
C. africana
(Werner, 1896)
];
Perret 1986
) (
Map 6A
).
Comments.
The genus
Ancylodactylus
has been recently proposed to include all the African species formerly treated within
Cnemaspis
(Malonda & Bauer, 2022)
.
Thys van den Audenaerde (1967)
recorded the specimen housed in the British Museum as
C. africana
, noticing that it was distinct from
A. koehleri
. However, after the revision of the genus
Cnemaspis
of Africa by
Perret (1986)
, this specimen was treated as
C. koehleri
. A single specimen of the genus
Ancylodactylus
was collected on Bioko at Caldera de Luba, Hormigas Camp, by Rayna Bell in 2013 and held at the Herpetological Collection of the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (catalog number: R-0014927). Based on the morphological traits and the phenotype exhibited (
Figure 7C
), we identify it as
A. koehleri
, extending its distribution to Bioko.
Specimens examined.
No specimens of this taxon were found by us in the examined collections.