Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea Author Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto Author Calvo-Revuelta, Marta 0000-0002-8628-1055 Author Riva, Ignacio De La 0000-0001-5064-4507 albertosv@mncn.csic.es text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-03 5202 1 1 197 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 journal article 182444 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 45ba25c1-47a9-4001-93d9-294815bf37e7 1175-5326 7285600 BF4831D2-D98B-4265-9138-03DB8607B826 Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) Eryx braminus Daudin, 1803c: 279 . Type locality: Vizagapatam (Visakhapatnam), India . Tortrix russelii Merrem, 1820: 84 . Type locality: “in India orientali”. Typhlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Fitzinger 1826: 53 . Tortrix braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Schlegel 1839 in 1837–1844: 39. Argyrophis truncatus Gray, 1845: 138 . Type locality: “ Philippines ”. Onychocephalus capensis Smith, 1846 in 1838–1849: 111 (unnumbered), pl. 51, fig. 3, pl. 54, figs 9–16. Type locality: “interior of Southern Africa”. Argyrophis braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Blyth 1856: 712 . Ophthalmidium tenue Hallowell, 1861: 497 . Type locality: “ Hong-Kong , China ”. Typhlops ( Typhlops ) inconspicuus Jan, 1863: 11 . Type locality: “ Madagascar ”. Typhlops (Typhlops) accedens Jan, 1863: 12 . Type locality: unknown; East Indies fide Hahn 1980: 39 . Typhlops ( Typhlops ) euproctus Boettger, 1882: 479 . Type locality: “Lukubé, insula Nossi-Bé, Madagascariensis” (= Lokobe , Nosy Be Island , W Antsiranana Province , N Madagascar ). Typhlops braminus arenicola Annandale, 1906: 192 . Type locality: not stated; “Rámanád, Tamil Nadu State , southern India ” fide Das & Gayen 2004: 97 . Typhlops limbrickii Annandale, 1906: 193 , pl. 9, figs. 3–3a. Type locality: “ Rámanád , ( Tamil Nadu State ), southern India .” Typhlops braminus pallidus Wall, 1909: 609 . Type locality: “ Dibrugarh , south bank of Brahmaputra [ River ], Upper Assam , India ”. Glauconia braueri Sternfeld, 1910c: 69 . Type locality: “ Bagamoyo , Deutsch-Ostafrika” (= Tanzania ). Typhlops fletcheri Wall, 1919: 556 , pl. 1 (upper right). Type locality: “ Nilgiri Hills , India ”. Typhlops khoratensis Taylor, 1962: 248 , fig. 13A. Type locality: “ Muak Lek , Friendship Highway , Sara Buri Province , Thailand ”. Typhlops pseudosaurus Dryden & Taylor, 1969: 270 . Type locality: “ Harmon Village , Guam , Mariana Islands”. Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Hedges et al. 2014: 6 . Virgotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) : Wallach 2020: 10 . FIGURE 31 . From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Afrotyphlops congestus “blotched phenotype” (A) (MNCN 23354), Afrotyphlops congestus “striped phenotype” (B) (EBD 31531), and Letheobia caeca (C) (in the EBD collection, without EBD number). Photos: AS-V. MAPS 35 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Myriopholis perreti ; (B) Tricheilostoma sundewalli ; (C) Afrotyphlops angolensis (question mark represents an imprecise record). Distribution . Likely native of India or Sri Lanka ; it is spread on all continents through human introductions. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Annobon at San Antonio outskirts ( Map 36B ). Comments. Recorded in Annobon by Jesus et al. (2003) at the surroundings of San Antonio, under rocks. It is a species complex ( Sidharthan et al . 2022 ). Specimens examined. No specimens of this taxon have been found in the examined collections.