Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection
Author
Santos, Bruna S.
Author
Marques, Mariana P.
0000-0002-1712-2632
mptlmarques@gmail.com
Author
Bauer, Aaron M.
0000-0001-6839-8025
aaron.bauer@villanova.edu
Author
Ceríaco, Luis M. P.
0000-0002-3798-2664
brunascesantos@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-03
5028
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1
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http://zoobank.org/c678f0fe-1b62-4f34-8a66-449cf9806b50
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5028.1.1
1175-5326
5453967
C678F0FE-1B62-4F34-8A66-449CF9806B50
Atractaspis congica
Peters, 1877
Material (
four specimens
):
One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 320, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017391;
Fig. S59
), collected from unknown locality, date unknown;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 323), collected from unknown locality, date unknown;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 324, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017393), collected from
N’Dalla Gando
[=N’dalatando] [-9.30000º, 14.91667º,
782 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, in
August 1903
;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 335), collected from unknown locality, date unknown.
Comments:
Atractaspis congica
is known from central Africa, occurring from
Cameroon
to
Zambia
and is widely spread throughout
Angola
(
Marques
et al.
2018
;
Chippaux & Jackson 2019
). From the Newton Expedition were published
two adult
specimens, one from “Cazengo” and one from “Golungo Alto”, possibly matching specimens MHNCUP/REP 320, REP 323 and REP 335 (
Ferreira 1904
,
1906
). This species was first described from “Chinchoxo” (
Cabinda
enclave) by
Peters (1877)
.
Portillo
et al.
(2019)
found
A. congica
to likely represent more than a single species, as the topotypic Angolan specimens examined were highly divergent from the material from
Democratic Republic of the Congo
.