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
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-03
5028
1
1
80
http://zoobank.org/c678f0fe-1b62-4f34-8a66-449cf9806b50
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5028.1.1
1175-5326
5453967
C678F0FE-1B62-4F34-8A66-449CF9806B50
Psammophis namibensis
Broadley, 1975
Material (
one specimen
):
One adult specimen (MHNCUP/
REP 172
, formerly UP-MHNFCP-094983;
Fig. S67
), collected from unknown locality, date unknown
.
Comments:
Psammophis namibensis
is found in the arid regions of southwestern Africa, namely southwestern
Angola
to western
Namibia
and
Northern Cape Province
in
South Africa
(
Marques
et al.
2018
).
P. namibensis
was initially described by
Broadley (1975)
as a subspecies of
Psammophis leightoni
Boulenger, 1902
but was eventually given full species status (
Broadley 2002
), however,
Taft’s (2018)
Master’s thesis found
P. namibensis
to be a synonym. Ferreira did not cite this specimen but identified it as
P. sibilans
.