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 0000-0001-5064-4507 albertosv@mncn.csic.es text Zootaxa 2022 2022-11-03 5202 1 1 197 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 journal article 182444 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 45ba25c1-47a9-4001-93d9-294815bf37e7 1175-5326 7285600 BF4831D2-D98B-4265-9138-03DB8607B826 Hormonotus modestus ( Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854 ) Figure 29A Lamprophis modestus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 429 . Type locality: “côte de Guinée ”. Restricted to Dabocrom, Ghana fide Hughes & Barry (1969) . Hormonotus audax Hallowell, 1857: 56 . Type locality: “Gaboon, west coast of Africa”. Heterolepis glaber Jan, 1863: 98 . Type locality: “ Costa d’oro … Boutry , Africa occid.”. Boodon vossii Fischer, 1888: 3 . Type locality: “ Kamerun ”. Hormonotus modestus ( Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854 ) : Boulenger 1893: 343 . Distribution . This species extends from Guinea in West Africa to Uganda in East Africa. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko ( Boulenger 1893 ) at Natividad (Hacienda Natividad) ( Bocage 1895 a , 1903; Mertens 1964a ) and in Río Muni at Monte Mitra within Monte Alén National Park ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005 ) ( Map 33A ). Comments. Hormonotus is a monotypic genus with not well-known phylogenetic affinities ( Zaher et al. 2019 ). Specimens examined. Five specimens. Río Muni : Miboman , 30 km from Bata , 14 October 1985 ( EBD 20932) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom (road from Bata to Ayamiken ), February 1987 ( EBD 24956–24957 ) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 01 August 1986 ( EBD 24955) ; Aconibe , 07 July 1987 ( EBD 27512) .