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 Dendroaspis jamesoni ( Traill, 1843 ) Figure 25C Elaps jamesoni Traill, 1843: 53 . Type locality: “ Demerara , Equinoxial America” in error, corrected to West Africa fide Mertens (1938). Dendraspis angusticeps Duméril, 1856: 558 (non Smith). Type locality: “Envoyé du Gabon ”. Dendraspis welwitschii Günther, 1865: 97 . Type locality: “Golungo Alto, … Angola ”. Dinophis fasciolatus Fischer, 1885: 111 . Type locality: “Westafrika”. Dendraspis jamesonii ( Traill, 1843 ) : Boettger 1888: 85 . Dendraspis neglectus Bocage, 1903: 44 . Type locality: “Fernão do Pó”, Bioko. Dendroaspis jamesoni kaimosae Loveridge, 1936a: 64 . Type locality: “Kaimosi forest, …, Kakamega district, Nyanza Province, Kenya Colony”. Distribution . This species extends from Togo to Sudan . In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko ( Boulenger 1896 ; Bocage 1903 ; Drewes et al. 1999 ) at Riaba (=Concepción) ( Mertens 1941 ) and Ureca ( Mertens 1964a ), and in Río Muni at Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905 ) and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002 ), including Monte Mitra ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005 ) ( Map 29A ). Comments. There are two currently recognized subspecies: Dendroaspis jamesoni jamesoni , widespread across most of the species range, including Equatorial Guinea , and D. j. kaimosae , restricted to eastern region of the species range, from the eastern of Democratic Republic of the Congo to Kenya and Uganda . Specimens examined. Fifteen specimens. Equatorial Guinea : without specific locality, but likely Cabo San Juan as part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) ( MNCN 22869 ) . Río Muni : Río Utoche , 10 August 1909 ( MNCN 22307 ) ; Cogo , 08 February 1984 ( EBD 18674) ; Miboman (road to Niefang) ( EBD 20920) ; Miboman , Km 27 road from Bata to Movo , 02 June 1985 ( EBD 20778) ; Miboman (road to Niefang), 08 July 1986 ( EBD 20776–20777 ) ; Miboman (road from Bata to Niefang) ( EBD 24969) ; Asonga , 17 August 1986 ( EBD 24970) ; Miboman , December 1987 ( EBD 27784–27785 ) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , April 1988 ( EBD 27783) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom (road from Bata to Ayamiken), 03 February 1987 ( EBD 24971) ; Colegio de la Salle , Bata , November 1960 ( EBD 2871 ) ; Acurenam , 27 August 1984 ( EBD 18369) .