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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Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-03
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Buhoma depressiceps
(
Werner, 1897
)
Tropidonotus depressiceps
Werner, 1897: 402
.
Type
locality: “
Barombi
,
Cameroon
”.
Geodipsas mapanjensis
Anderson, 1901: 19
.
Type
locality: “
Mapanja
,
Cameroon
”.
Geodipsas depressiceps
(
Werner, 1897
)
:
Werner 1913: 27
.
Geodipsas depressiceps marlieri
Laurent, 1956: 129
.
Type
locality: “
Mwana
, …,
Terr. de Mwenga
,
Kivu
”.
Buhoma depressiceps
(
Werner, 1897
)
:
Ziegler
et al.
1997: 108
.
Distribution
. This species ranges across central Africa, from
Cameroon
to
Uganda
. In
Equatorial Guinea
it has been recorded both in Bioko at Musola (
Boulenger 1906
;
Capocaccia 1961a
) and in
Río Muni
at Monte Alén National Park (
Lasso
et al.
2002
) (
Map 32A
).
Comments.
Some authors recognize two subspecies (
Spawls
et al.
2018
), the nominal
B. depressiceps depressiceps
, which is present in
Equatorial Guinea
, and
B. depressiceps marlieri
from
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, whereas other authors consider them with full species status (
Chippaux & Jackson 2019
). The phylogenetic position of the genus
Buhoma
is a matter of discussion (
Zaher
et al.
2019
).
Specimens examined.
No specimens of this taxon have been found in the examined collections.