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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Dipsadoboa weileri
(
Lindholm, 1905
)
Figure 17C
Dipsadophidium weileri
Lindholm, 1905: 186
.
Type
locality: “Umgegend von Bibundi (Kamerun)”, vicinity of Bibundi,
Cameroon
.
Dipsadoboa isolepis
Boulenger, 1907: 325
.
Type
locality: “Efulen”,
Cameroon
.
Dipsadoboa weileri
(
Lindholm, 1905
)
:
Müller 1910: 607
.
Distribution
. This species extends from
Guinea
to
Sudan
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, and
Republic of Congo
. In
Equatorial Guinea
it has been recorded from
Río Muni
at Benito River (
Boulenger 1900
;
Rasmussen 1993
) (
Map 20B
).
Comments.
Rasmussen (1993)
provided a detailed account of this species. This species has been confused with
D. unicolor
; the record of
D. unicolor
from Benito
River
by
Boulenger (1900)
was reidentifyied as
D. weileri
(
Rasmussen, 1993
)
.
FIGURE 17.
From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of:
Dipsadoboa underwoodi
(A) (EBD 22554),
Dipsadoboa viridis
(B) (MNCN 23817), and
Dipsadoboa weileri
(C) (EBD 27750). Photos: AS-V.
MAPS 20 A–C.
Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A)
Dipsadoboa viridis
; (B)
Dipsadoboa weileri
; (C)
Hapsidophrys lineatus
.
Specimens examined.
Six
specimens.
Río Muni
:
Miboman
(road to
Niefang
),
29 March 1984
(
EBD
20946)
;
Miboman
(
30 km
from
Niefang
),
01 February 1987
(
EBD
25056)
;
Miboman
,
April 1988
(
EBD
27750)
,
December 1987
(
EBD
27751)
,
without date (
EBD
25065)
;
San Joaquín de Ndyiacom
(road from
Bata
to
Ayamiken
),
20 May 1987
(
EBD
25057)
.