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
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-03
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1
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Feylinia currori
Gray, 1845
Figure 14A
Feylinia currori
Gray, 1845: 129
.
Type
locality: “
Angola
”.
Distribution
. Widely distributed in Central Africa. It extends from
Sierra Leone
to western
Kenya
at
Kakamega
forest. In
Equatorial Guinea
it has been recorded in
Río Muni
(
Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1983
) at Cabo San Juan (
Boulenger 1905
), Bata and Benito River (
Wagner & Schmitz 2006
) and Monte Alén National Park (
Lasso
et al.
2002
) (
Map 15A
).
Comments.
The examined specimen (MNCN 23911), a juvenile, presents 22 scale rows at mid-body and the third supralabial contacting the eye. These traits correspond to those of
F. currori
.
Brygoo & Roux-Estève (1983)
reviewed this genus and
Wagner & Schmitz (2006)
updated the geographic distribution of
F. currori
.
Lasso
et al.
(2002)
reported a single specimen in a cultivated field of Monte Alén National Park.
Specimens examined.
One specimen. Gulf of
Guinea
,
Equatorial Guinea
, without specific locality, but likely from Cabo San Juan as part of the material examined by
Boulenger (1905)
(MNCN 23911).