Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection
Author
Santos, Bruna S.
Author
Marques, Mariana P.
0000-0002-1712-2632
mptlmarques@gmail.com
Author
Bauer, Aaron M.
0000-0001-6839-8025
aaron.bauer@villanova.edu
Author
Ceríaco, Luis M. P.
0000-0002-3798-2664
brunascesantos@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-03
5028
1
1
80
http://zoobank.org/c678f0fe-1b62-4f34-8a66-449cf9806b50
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5028.1.1
1175-5326
5453967
C678F0FE-1B62-4F34-8A66-449CF9806B50
Boaedon bocagei
Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020
Material (
four specimens
):
One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 164, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017399), collected from unknown locality, date unknown;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 166, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017397;
Fig. S62
), collected from unknown locality, date unknown;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 167, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017400), collected from
Novo Redondo
[=
Sumbe
] [-11.20000º, 13.85000º,
11 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Sul Province
, in
September 1903
;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 168, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017402), collected from
Bahia dos Tigres
[=
Baía dos Tigres
] [-16.58559º, 11.82709º,
98 m
a.s.l.
]
Namibe Province
(in error), in 1903
.
Comments:
Boaedon bocagei
is an Angolan endemic species that is currently known from the coastal lowlands of the country, namely
Luanda
,
Bengo
,
Zaire
and
Kwanza Sul
provinces (
Hallermann
et al.
2020
).
Ferreira (1904)
reported adult and juvenile specimens of
“
Boodon lineatu
s” from “Novo Redondo” (MHNC-UP/REP167), “Lembu (Serra de Selles)” and “Cacullo” and later a specimen from “Rio Luinha” (
Ferreira 1906
).
Boaedon bocagei
was recently described as a new species by
Hallermann
et al.
(2020)
in their revision of the
Boaedon
from
Angola
. The authors designated specimens MHNCUP/REP 166–168 from the Newton Expedition as
paratypes
, although considering them all to be from Novo Redondo, as Baía dos Tigres was in error as locality and specimen MHNCUP/ REP 164 likely corresponds to the published one from Rio Luinha, given its pattern (
Ferreira 1906
).