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 Mehelya poensis ( Smith, 1847 ) Figure 30A Heterolepis poensis Smith, 1847: 2 . Type locality: Bioko. Heterolepis bicarinatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 422 . Type locality: “cóte de Guinée ”. Mehelya poensis ( Smith, 1847 ) : Lönnberg 1910: 3 . Distribution . This species extends from Sierra Leona to Uganda , southward to northern Angola . In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko ( Smith 1847 ; Duméril et al. 1854 ; Bocage 1873 ; Martinez y Saez 1886 ; Boulenger 1893 ) at San Carlos ( Bocage 1895 a , 1903; Loveridge 1939 ), Ureca, Musola, between Musola and Riaba (=Concepción) ( Mertens 1964a ), and in the island of Elobey (Pérez del Val 2001 ) ( Map 34A ). Comments. We provide the first records of this species for mainland Río Muni . Duméril et al. (1854) found a specimen of Trachylepis in the stomach of this species. Specimens examined. Fourteen specimens. Island of Elobey ( MNCN 23115 ) . Río Muni : San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 01 August 1986 ( EBD 25001–25002 ) , October 1987 ( EBD 27748) , 1990 (EBD 31524, EBD 31491) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom (road from Bata to Ayamiken ), 03 February 1987 ( EBD 24951) ; Bata , October 1987 ( EBD 27749) ; Miboman (road from Bata to Niefang ) ( EBD 24952) ; Miboman ( Km 27, road from Bata to Niefang ) October 1987 ( EBD 27747) ; Miboman (road to Niefang ), 29 March 1986 ( EBD 20841) ; Mongomo , 16 April 1986 ( EBD 20840) ; Efulan ( Acurenam ), 24 September 1985 ( EBD 20942) ; Asonga , 08 November 1984 ( EBD 18383) .