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
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Feylinia currori
Gray, 1845
Material (seventeen specimens):
Five juvenile and
seven adult
specimens (MHNCUP/REP 236–247;
Fig. S35
), collected from unknown locality, date unknown;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 248, formerly UP-MHNFCP- 017368), collected from
Catari
[-9.09548º, 15.41905º,
1022 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, in
September 1903
;
one adult
and
two juvenile
specimens (MHNCUP/REP 249–251, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017367 and UP-MHNFCP- 017372), collected from
Zembe
[-9.31667º, 14.66667º,
539 m
a.s.l.
]
Kwanza Norte Province
, in
September 1903
;
one adult
specimen (MHNCUP/REP 252, formerly UP-MHNFCP-017369), collected from
Caculo
,
Cazengo
[- 9.25921º, 13.82048º,
8 m
a.s.l.
]
Bengo Province
, in
November 1903
.
Comments:
Feylinia currori
is a species known from northern
Angola
,
Cameroon
,
Central African Republic
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Tanzania
,
Kenya
and
Nigeria
(
Marques
et al.
2018
) that occurs in forest, woodland and high elevation savanna habitats (
Wagner & Schmitz 2006
). A revision of the genus was published by
Brygoo & Roux-Estève (1983)
, where the authors recognized six valid species and designated a
lectotype
for
F. currori
.
Ferreira (1904)
cited a “large number of specimens, ranging from very young juveniles to larger adults” (translated by the authors from the original in Portuguese) from “N’dalla Tando”, “Zembe”, “Catari” and “Bom Jesus (Quanza)”. Specimens MHNCUP/REP 248 and MHNCUP/REP 249–251 match the cited ones from “Catari” and “Zembe” respectively. It is possible that the remaining specimens with no locality attached correspond to the remaining specimens cited by
Ferreira (1904)
.