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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Afrotyphlops angolensis
(Bocage, 1866)
Onychocephalus angolensis
Bocage, 1866b: 46
, 65.
Type
locality: “le districto do Duque du Bragança, situado na latitude de
Loanda, porém umas 75 leguas para o interior, Portuguesas Africa occidental”,
Duque
de Bragança
(=Calandula),
Malanje
District
,
Angola
.
Typhlops congicus
Boettger, 1887: 650
.
Type
locality: “Povo Netonna prope urbem Banana, Congo” (=Povo Netonna, near
Banana,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
).
Typhlops adolfi
Sternfeld, 1910c: 70
.
Type
locality: “Fort Blus.” (=Fort Beni, Kivu,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
).
Typhlops dubius
Chabanaud, 1917b: 364
.
Type
locality: “
Congo belge
: volcans du Kivori (altitude 1500 mètres)” (=Kivu volcanoes,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
).
Typhlops lestradei
Witte, 1933: 206
.
Type
locality: “Rubengera,
Ruanda
”.
Typhlops ochraceus
Laurent, 1952: 269
.
Type
locality: “Mulenge, Terr. D’Uvira, Kivu”.
Typhlops angolensis irsaci
Laurent, 1956: 57
, 349.
Type
locality: “Lwiro, Terr. de Kabare, Kivu, Afrique centrale”.
Typhlops angolensis polylepis
Laurent, 1956: 56
.
Type
locality: “Kiandjo, Terr. de Mwenga, Kivu, Afrique centrale”.
Typhlops angolensis symoensi
Laurent, 1960: 10
.
Type
locality: “Rivière Ngovi, Territoire d’Uvira, Kivu,
Congo
oriental”.
Rhinotyphlops angolensis
(Bocage, 1866)
: Broadley & Wallach 2000: 167
Afrotyphlops angolensis
(Bocage, 1866)
:
Broadley & Wallach 2009: 29
.
Distribution
. It extends from
Cameroon
to western
Kenya
, and southward to
Angola
and
Zambia
. In
Equatorial Guinea
it has been recorded both in Bioko (
Roux-Estève 1974
) and in
Río Muni
at Monte Alén National Park (
Lasso
et al.
2002
) (
Map 35C
).
Comments.
A comprehensive revision of this species was provided by
Roux-Estève (1974)
.
Specimens examined.
No specimens of this taxon have been found in the examined collections.