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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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1
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Letheobia caeca
(
Duméril, 1856
)
Figure 31C
Onychocephalus caecus
Duméril, 1856: 462
.
Type
locality: “
Gabon
”.
Letheobia caeca
(
Duméril, 1856
)
: Cope 1868: 322.
Rhinotyphlops caecus
(
Duméril, 1856
)
:
Roux-Estève 1974: 210
.
Distribution
. It occurs from
Nigeria
and
Cameroon
to
Gabon
and the
Republic of the Congo
. In
Equatorial Guinea
it has been recorded in Bioko (
Roux-Estève 1974
) and in
Río Muni
(North-west), likely at Bata (
Roux-Estève 1974
), and at Monte Alén National Park as
L. wittei
(
Lasso
et al.
2002
)
(
Map 36C
).
Comments.
The specimen identified as
L. wittei
and recorded by
Lasso
et al.
(2002)
, currently housed in the EBD collection, was re-identified as
L. caeca
.
Specimens examined.
One specimen.
Río Muni
: Monte Alén National Park (in the EBD collection, without EBD number).