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 Dasypeltis cf. scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) Material ( two specimens ): Two adult specimens (MHNCUP/REP 193,195, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017410 and 017409 respectively; Fig. S72 ), collected from unknown locality, date unknown. Comments: Dasypeltis scabra is a savanna and grassland species widely distributed in East African savannas and known from all of Angola , apart from the southwestern desert ( Bates & Broadley 2018 ; Marques et al. 2018 ). Ferreira (1904) cited several “adult and semi-adult” specimens of Dasypeltis scabra with no indication of locality. The author noted that one of the specimens presented an “unusual melanistic coloration” (possibly MHNCUP/REP 195). Later, Ferreira (1906) published two adult specimens, one “dark brown with imperceptible black drawings” (no locality data; likely MHNCUP/REP 193) and another from “Cambondo” as “ D. scabra var inornata ” (junior synonym of D. scabra ). Recently, Bates & Broadley (2018) reviewed Dasypeltis from north-eastern Africa and southwestern Arabia, describing three new species previously considered as part of D. scabra . Branch (2018) listed D. confusa Trapé and Mané 2006 as present in Angola , following Bates and Broadley’s (2018) claim that the species’ distribution extended to Angola . Further studies need to be done in order to assess the D. scabra species complex and its Angolan populations.