Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea
Author
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto
Author
Calvo-Revuelta, Marta
0000-0002-8628-1055
Author
Riva, Ignacio De La
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albertosv@mncn.csic.es
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-03
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1
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Trionyx triunguis
(
Forskål, 1775
)
Testudo triunguis
Forskål, 1775: 9
.
Type
locality: “In Nilo rarior” (
Nile River
,
Egypt
).
Testudo striata
Suckow, 1798: 37
(partim).
Trionyx aegytiacus
Geoffroy, 1809: 116
(nomen substitutum pro
Testudo triunguis
).
Trionyx niloticus
Gray, 1831: 46
(nomen substitutum pro
Testudo triunguis
).
Trionyx aegytiacus
Cuvier, 1831: 18
.
Type
locality:
Egypt
.
Trionyx labiatus
Bell, 1837
: unnumbered.
Type
locality:
Sierra Leone
.
Trionyx mortoni
Hallowell, 1844: 120
.
Type
locality: Africa.
Aspidonectes aspilus
Cope, 1860a: 295
.
Type
locality: “Rembo and Ovenga rivers, …Fernando Vas, Equatorial West Africa”.
Fernan Vaz
,
Gabon
.
Fordia africana
Gray, 1869: 219
.
Type
locality:
Nile River
at
Khartoum
,
Sudan
.
Trionyx triunguis rudolfianus
Deraniyagala, 1948: 30
.
Type
locality:
Ferguson’s Gulf
,
Lake Rudolf
,
Kenya
.
Distribution
. It occurs both in the eastern Mediterranean and in African regions south of the Sahara Desert. In the Mediterranean it ranges along the eastern coastal areas, from
Turkey
to
Israel
, whereas in Africa it extends from West Africa to East Africa, southwards to the north of
Namibia
and northwards to
Egypt
(Nile River). In
Equatorial Guinea
it has been recorded from
Río Muni
at Monte Mitra in Monte Alén National Park (
Gonwouo & Nsang 2005
) and also it is expected to be found close to the Cameroonian border (Campo River) (
Rhodin
et al.
2017
) (
Map 3B
).
Comments.
The current known record of this species is based on a single specimen from Monte Mitra (
Gonwouo & Nsang 2005
).
Specimens examined.
No specimens of this species were found in the examined collections.