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
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
Lycophidion meleagre
Boulenger, 1893
Material (
one specimen
):
One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 325, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017394;
Fig. S63
), collected from unknown locality, in
September 1903
.
Comments:
Lycophidion meleagre
has a disjointed distribution, having been recorded from northwestern
Angola
, northeastern
Tanzania
, southeastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, and southeastern
Kenya
(
Marques
et al.
2018
), although
Branch (2018)
comments the Tanzanian records need to be critically reviewed.
Ferreira (1904)
cited a juvenile specimen of “
Lycophidium meleagris
” from “Cabiri”, commenting that it was a very rare species, represented then by only
two specimens
extant in the Natural History Museum London and one in the Lisbon museum. Although we find the specimen to be an adult, it is likely that it matches the one Ferreira published, as Newton was in Cabiri in
September 1903
.