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
text
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
Sepsina angolensis
Bocage, 1866
Material (
one specimen
):
One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 345, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017384;
Fig. S38
), collected from Zembe [-9.31667º, 14.66667º,
539 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, in
September 1903
.
Comments:
Sepsina angolensis
is known from
Angola
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, northern
Namibia
and
Zambia
(
Ceríaco
et al.
2018a
;
Marques
et al.
2018
).
Ferreira (1904)
published
two adult
specimens of
S. angolensis
from “Catete” and “Zembe” (MHNCUP/REP 345). Additionally,
Ferreira (1906)
also cited an adult specimen of “
Sepsina bayoni
”
Bocage, 1866
from Golungo Alto (Kwanza Norte Province) that we were unable to locate.
S. angolensis
is the
type
species of its genus (
Bocage 1866
).