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. It extends from
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to the East of
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. It has been included in the fauna of Bioko (
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Wallach
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2014
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), although there are no precise confirmed records for the island. The occurrence of this species in
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is herein confirmed (
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We herein provide the first confirmed record of this species for
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. The body colour pattern of the Biokoan specimens housed at the MNCN and the one from
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at the EBD, is congruent with the phenotype shown by some Cameroonian specimens of
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(see a picture in
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Spawls
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), suggesting that this pattern is present, at least, in the coastal areas and surroundings from
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to
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. This pattern consists of several distinct and asymmetric paired large orange-yellowish spots, arranged along the entire dorsal surface, which in the examined specimens are usually fused, resulting in an irregular banded body pattern. Populations from
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,
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and
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exhibit a different dorsal pattern, with a brown background, either patternless or with very small and isolated black dots arranged along the paravertebral axes (
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;
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Pauwels
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2017
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;
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). The specimens of
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collected by M. Iradier currently housed in the MNCN were referred in
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD1FFE0FD34FA7AFC71E433" author="Iradier, M." box="[744,964,1511,1537]" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" refId="ref80336" refString="Iradier, M. (1887) Africa: Viajes y Trabajos de la Asociacion Euskara La Exploradora. Reconocimiento de la Zona Ecuatorial de Africa en las Costas de Occidente: sus Montanas, sus Rios, sus Habitantes; Clima, Produciones y Porvenir de estos Paises Tropicales. Posesiones Espanolas del Golfo de Guinea. Adquisicion para Espana de la Nueva Provincia del Muni. Vol 1. Viuda e Hijos de Iturbe, Vitoria, 501 pp." type="book" year="1887">Iradier (1887: 464)</bibRefCitation>
but, unfortunately, with no data on their specific collection locality. Pérez del
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD1FFE0FDE1F996FD01E417" author="Val, J." box="[573,692,1547,1573]" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" refId="ref85942" refString="Perez del Val, J. (2001) Catalogo de las Colecciones Zoologicas de Guinea Ecuatorial del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, II. Vertebrados. Manuales Tecnicos de Museologia 11, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, 90 pp." type="book" year="2001">Val (2001)</bibRefCitation>
listed these specimens as
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FC01F991FBDCE417" box="[989,1129,1548,1573]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">L. irroratum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD1FFE0FBA5F996FAB3E417" author="Leach, E. R." box="[1145,1286,1547,1573]" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" pagination="493 - 496" refId="ref82211" refString="Leach, E. R. (1819) s. n. In: Bowdich, T. E. (Ed.), Mission from Cape Coast to Ashantee, London, 1819, pp. 493 - 496." type="journal article" year="1819">Leach, 1819</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
without any discussion, and tentatively suggested
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as their collection locality (“
<collectingCountry id="F37C766EFFD1FFE0FC3CF9B2FBE3E47B" box="[992,1110,1583,1609]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Rio Muni</collectingCountry>
?”). However, the information reviewed at the documentation department of the MNCN regarding the housed specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FB7CF9CEFA9EE45F" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" box="[1184,1323,1619,1645]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FB7CF9CEFA9EE45F" box="[1184,1323,1619,1645]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Lycophidion</emphasis>
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, indicates that these specimens were bought by the MNCN to Manuel Iradier in 1878, and that they, among others, were collected in “
<collectingCountry id="F37C766EFFD1FFE0FEF1F906FE65E487" box="[301,464,1691,1717]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Fernando Poo</collectingCountry>
” (=Bioko). An old catalogue card, handwritten by Antonio de Zulueta, also indicates Bioko as the collection site. No more specimens of this species have been recorded nor found in other examined collections.
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reported the presence of another congeneric species in Bioko,
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FB7BF97EFA20E4CF" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1831" box="[1191,1429,1763,1789]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FB7BF97EFA20E4CF" box="[1191,1429,1763,1789]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Lycophidion capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, based on
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, one of them from “Natividad” and the second one with unknown origin. Mertens (1964) argued that Bocages record could be an identification mistake for other species of
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FBFDF8B6FB19E577" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" box="[1057,1196,1835,1861]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FBFDF8B6FB19E577" box="[1057,1196,1835,1861]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Lycophidion</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or with
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FAD9F8B6FF4EE55B" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Chamaelycus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciatus">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FAD9F8B6FF4EE55B" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">Chamaelycus fasciatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as the range of
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FE66F8CDFD87E55B" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1831" box="[442,562,1872,1897]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FE66F8CDFD87E55B" box="[442,562,1872,1897]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">L. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by open and dry savannas, away from the tropical forests of Central Africa. There is a chance that the specimens examined by
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD1FFE0FC7FF8E9FBECE5BC" author="Bocage, J. V. B." box="[931,1113,1907,1934]" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" 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>
could belong to
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FAF8F8E9FA29E5BF" authorityName="Hallowell" authorityYear="1857" box="[1316,1436,1907,1933]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laterale">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FAF8F8E9FA29E5BF" box="[1316,1436,1907,1933]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">L. laterale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but considering the striking pattern of the specimens from
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(see below) it seems unlikely that
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD1FFE0FF4BF821FEFDE5E4" author="Bocage, J. V. B." box="[151,328,1979,2006]" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" 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>
did not notice the differences between the patternless species
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FC2BF821FBDBE5E7" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1831" box="[1015,1134,1980,2005]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capense">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FC2BF821FBDBE5E7" box="[1015,1134,1980,2005]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">L. capense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the banded
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FAFEF821FA20E5E7" authorityName="Hallowell" authorityYear="1857" box="[1314,1429,1979,2005]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laterale">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FAFEF821FA20E5E7" box="[1314,1429,1979,2005]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">L. laterale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Additional fieldwork is required to confirm the presence of
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD1FFE0FCE9F87DFC1CE5CB" authorityName="Hallowell" authorityYear="1857" box="[821,937,2015,2041]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="115" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laterale">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD1FFE0FCE9F87DFC1CE5CB" box="[821,937,2015,2041]" italics="true" pageId="115" pageNumber="116">L. laterale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Bioko.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD436FEFFD6FFE7FF4BF8E6FB2FE58A" blockId="116.[151,1436,1915,1976]" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD6FFE7FF4BF8E6FE96E5A1" bold="true" box="[151,291,1915,1939]" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">FIGURE 29.</emphasis>
From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of:
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD6FFE7FC33F8E1FB61E5A1" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril, Bibron, and Dumeril" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[1007,1236,1915,1939]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Hormonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="116" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD6FFE7FC33F8E1FB61E5A1" box="[1007,1236,1915,1939]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Hormonotus modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(A) (EBD 24957),
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD6FFE7FF4BF83DFEDFE585" baseAuthorityName="Mocquard" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[151,362,1951,1976]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Limaformosa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="116" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guirali">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD6FFE7FF4BF83DFEDFE585" box="[151,362,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Limaformosa guirali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(B) (EBD 27782), and
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD6FFE7FD85F802FC99E585" authorityName="Hallowell" authorityYear="1857" box="[601,812,1951,1975]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="116" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laterale">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD6FFE7FD85F802FC99E585" box="[601,812,1951,1975]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="117">Lycophidion laterale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(C) (MNCN 23108). Photos: AS-V.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BD436FEFFD7FFE6FF4BF80AFCE1E5E6" blockId="117.[151,1436,1943,2004]" pageId="117" pageNumber="118">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD7FFE6FF4BF80AFE8EE59D" bold="true" box="[151,315,1943,1967]" pageId="117" pageNumber="118">MAPS 33 AC.</emphasis>
Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A)
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD7FFE6FC5EF805FBD0E582" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril, Bibron, and Dumeril" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[898,1125,1944,1968]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Hormonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="117" pageNumber="118" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD7FFE6FC5EF805FBD0E582" box="[898,1125,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="118">Hormonotus modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (B)
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD7FFE6FB47F805FAD8E582" baseAuthorityName="Mocquard" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[1179,1389,1944,1968]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Limaformosa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="117" pageNumber="118" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guirali">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD7FFE6FB47F805FAD8E582" box="[1179,1389,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="118">Limaformosa guirali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (C)
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD7FFE6FF4BF821FEDFE5E6" authorityName="Hallowell" authorityYear="1857" box="[151,362,1980,2004]" class="Reptilia" family="Lamprophiidae" genus="Lycophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="117" pageNumber="118" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laterale">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD7FFE6FF4BF821FEDFE5E6" box="[151,362,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="118">Lycophidion laterale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(question mark represents an imprecise record).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD4FFE5FF1BFF0BFE72E282" bold="true" box="[199,455,150,176]" pageId="118" pageNumber="119">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
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specimens.
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:
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,
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<collectingDate id="EF91E9D6FFD4FFE5FC4CFF0AFBF6E283" box="[912,1091,151,177]" pageId="118" pageNumber="119" value="1987-12">December 1987</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode id="ED7AAE3BFFD4FFE5FB8FFF0AFB38E283" box="[1107,1165,151,177]" country="Spain" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ah5f-9iii" name="Estacion Biologica de Donana" pageId="118" pageNumber="119">EBD</collectionCode>
27752). Bioko: without specific locality (18761877) (
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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</treatment>
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