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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Dasypeltis fasciata
Smith, 1849
Figure 16B
Dasypeltis fasciata
Smith, 1849: 73
.
Type
locality: “
Sierra Leone
”.
Dipsas carinatus
Hallowell, 1844: 119
(
nomen praeoccupatum
).
Dasypeltis macrops
Boulenger, 1907: 324
.
Type
locality: “
Efulen
,
Cameroon
”.
Distribution
. It is distributed from West Africa at
Sierra Leone
to East Africa at
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, and southward to
Angola
. There are no published records for
Equatorial Guinea
(
Map 18C
).
Comments.
We provide the first record of this species for
Equatorial Guinea
. The specimen housed in the MNCN was collected during the “Expedición Pittaluga”, which took place across
Equatorial Guinea
in 1909. During this expedition, Pedro Bengoa collected some specimens of
Natriciteres fuliginoides
and
Python sebae
at Río Utoche (southern
Río Muni
), close to the locality where the specimen MNCN 46190 of
Dasypeltis fasciata
was found (at Vermakoyo) three days earlier.
Pittaluga (1910)
provided a map with both locality names, currently out-of-date.
Specimens examined.
One
specimen.
Río Muni
: “Wermakofo” (=Vermakoyo),
07 August 1909
(
MNCN 46190
)
.