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. Type locality: “apud
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” (near Bioko; no populations of this species are known in Bioko).
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likely originated from Central Africa and shipped to
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(where the type is housed) via Bioko (
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Shirley
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2018
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). Type locality corrected to Central Africa (
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Shirley
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2018
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FF4BFA77FE26E430" box="[151,403,1514,1538]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Mecistops leptorhynchus</emphasis>
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Shirley
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2018: 151
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FF4BF9ADFE84E478" bold="true" box="[151,305,1584,1610]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Distribution.</emphasis>
It is widespread throughout Central Africa, from
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to
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and the
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, eastward to
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and
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. In
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it occurs in
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at Monte Alén National Park (
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Lasso
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2002
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). Indirect signs of this species were also found in Monte Mitra at Monte Alén National Park (
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); the only specimen examined by us is from coastal
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(
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Previously known as
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Cuvier, 1825
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.
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Shirley
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(2018)
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recognized two species within
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FE9DF978FE4FE4CC" box="[321,506,1764,1790]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">M. cataphractus</emphasis>
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. Consequently, they resurrected
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FCB3F978FB86E4CC" box="[879,1075,1764,1790]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">M. leptorhynchus</emphasis>
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as a valid species from Central Africa, whereas
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FE8BF894FDA7E510" box="[343,530,1800,1826]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">M. cataphractus</emphasis>
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remains restricted to western Africa. There are no known populations of this species in Bioko. Although reports of large-sized crocodilians on the beaches of Bioko have been mentioned (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFB2FF83FF43F8CDFEF1E559" author="Bocage, J. V. B." box="[159,324,1872,1899]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" pagination="1 - 15" refId="ref70929" refString="Bocage, J. V. B. (1895 a) Subsidios para a fauna da Ilha de Fernao do Po. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Segunda Serie, 4 (13), 1 - 15." type="journal article" year="1895">Bocage 1895a</bibRefCitation>
), they were probably the result of accidental dispersal from the Central African mainland (
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).
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FF29F8E8FDBBE5BC" box="[245,526,1908,1934]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Mecistops leptorhynchus</emphasis>
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is harvested as bush-meat for local consumption in
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(
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from
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) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFB2FF83FF27F805FE2AE580" author="Fa, J. E. &amp; Juste, J. &amp; Burn, R. W. &amp; Broad, G." box="[251,415,1944,1970]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" pagination="397 - 416" refId="ref76736" refString="Fa, J. E., Juste, J., Burn, R. W. &amp; Broad, G. (2002) Bushmeat consumption and preferences of two ethnic groups in Bioko Island, West Africa. Human Ecology, 30 (3), 397 - 416. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1016524703607" type="journal article" year="2002">
Fa
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FEFDF804FEEFE580" box="[289,346,1944,1970]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al.</emphasis>
2002
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). In 1964, during a visit to
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, the zoologist J.A. Valverde noted its low abundance (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFB2FF83FF42F821FEFDE5E4" author="Valverde, J. A." box="[158,328,1980,2006]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refId="ref91271" refString="Valverde, J. A. (2004) Memorias de un Biologo Heterodoxo. III. Sahara, Guinea, Marruecos; Expediciones Africanas. Editorial Quercus V &amp; V, Madrid, 272 pp." type="book" year="2004">Valverde 2004</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFB2FF83FF1BF87DFE73E5C8" bold="true" box="[199,454,2016,2042]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
One specimen.
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:
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, 1985 (EBD 25129).
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