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
Polemon collaris
(Peters, 1881)
Material (
one specimen
):
One adult specimen (MHNCUP/REP 170, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017414;
Fig. S60
), collected from Golungo Alto [-9.13333º, 14.76667º,
666 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, date unknown
.
Comments:
Polemon collaris
is a forest dwelling species found from
Nigeria
to
Uganda
and south into western
Angola
(
Branch 2018
;
Marques
et al.
2018
). The label present in the jar reads “
Microsoma collare
” but has no information regarding the collecting locality, however
Ferreira (1906)
cited an adult specimen of
Bocage’s (1895)
“form
B
” from “Golungo Alto”, which most likely represents this specimen. After comparing Bocage’s original description and plate to MHNCUP/REP 170, we find the specimen to match the same morphology.
Boulenger (1905)
,
de Witte & Laurent (1947)
and
Hellmich (1957)
cited specimens from the same locality. Recently, Portilo
et al.
(2018) reported a specimen from “North-west”
Angola
, but according to Conradie (pers. comm.), the correct locality is “Camp Chiri, Saurimo Region,
Lunda Norte Province
).