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?” (in error
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: Broadley &amp; Wallach 2000: 167.
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FF4BF9C3FE36E444" box="[151,387,1630,1654]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Afrotyphlops congestus</emphasis>
(
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. In
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it has been recorded in Bioko at Basilé (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FC28F954FB3CE4D0" author="Bocage, J. V. B." box="[1012,1161,1736,1763]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="25 - 59" refId="ref71106" refString="Bocage, J. V. B. (1903 a) Contribution a la faune des quatre iles du Golfe de Guinee. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Segunda Serie, 7, 25 - 59." type="journal article" year="1903">Bocage 1903</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FB49F955FAD0E4D0" author="Roux-Esteve, R." box="[1173,1381,1736,1762]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="1 - 313" refId="ref88277" refString="Roux-Esteve, R. (1974) Revision systematique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique, Reptilia-Serpentes. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie A, 87, 1 - 313." type="journal article" year="1974">Roux-Estève 1974</bibRefCitation>
) and Moka (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FF3BF971FE21E534" author="Mertens, R." box="[231,404,1772,1798]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="211 - 238" refId="ref84765" refString="Mertens, R. (1964 a) Die Reptilien von Fernando Poo. Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 15, 211 - 238." type="journal article" year="1964">Mertens 1964a</bibRefCitation>
), and in
<collectingCountry id="F37C766EFFD8FFE9FE28F971FDD5E534" box="[500,608,1772,1798]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Río Muni</collectingCountry>
at Monte Alén National Park (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FC6BF971FBCFE534" author="Lasso, C. A. &amp; Rial, A. I. &amp; Castroviejo, J. &amp; De la Riva, I." box="[951,1146,1772,1798]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="21 - 34" refId="ref81678" refString="Lasso, C. A., Rial, A. I., Castroviejo, J. &amp; De la Riva, I. (2002) Herpetofauna del Parque Nacional de Monte Alen (Rio Muni, Guinea Ecuatorial). Graellsia, 58, 21 - 34. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / graellsia. 2002. v 58. i 2.276" type="journal article" year="2002">
Lasso
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FBDDF970FB8FE534" box="[1025,1082,1772,1798]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">et al.</emphasis>
2002
</bibRefCitation>
) (
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).
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FF1BF88DFEFAE518" bold="true" box="[199,335,1808,1834]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Comments.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FE8BF88DFDE9E518" box="[343,604,1808,1834]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">Afrotyphlops congestus</emphasis>
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was formerly considered by some authors as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FACCF88DFA29E518" box="[1296,1436,1808,1834]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">A. punctatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FF43F8A9FE84E57C" author="Leach, E. R." box="[159,305,1844,1870]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" 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>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FE90F8A9FE53E57C" author="Werner, F." box="[332,486,1844,1870]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="40 - 45" refId="ref92276" refString="Werner, F. (1913) Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frosche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika- Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911 / 12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 30, 40 - 45." type="journal article" year="1913">Werner 1913</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FE2AF8A9FD7BE57C" author="Roux-Esteve, R." box="[502,718,1844,1870]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="1 - 313" refId="ref88277" refString="Roux-Esteve, R. (1974) Revision systematique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique, Reptilia-Serpentes. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie A, 87, 1 - 313." type="journal article" year="1974">Roux-Estève 1974</bibRefCitation>
; see
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FCD2F8A9FBF1E57C" author="Broadley, D. G. &amp; Wallach, V." box="[782,1092,1844,1870]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="1 - 100" refId="ref73074" refString="Broadley, D. G. &amp; Wallach, V. (2009) A review of the eastern and southern African blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), excluding Letheobia Cope, with the description of two new genera and a new species. Zootaxa, 2255 (1), 1 - 100. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2255.1.1" type="journal article" year="2009">Broadley &amp; Wallach 2009</bibRefCitation>
). Some molecular works that included samples of both taxa, supported their independent species status (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FC37F8C5FB04E540" author="Vidal, N. &amp; Marin, J. &amp; Morini, M. &amp; Donnellan, S. &amp; Branch, W. R. &amp; Thomas, R. &amp; Vences, M. &amp; Wynn, A. &amp; Cruaud, C. &amp; Hedges, S. B." box="[1003,1201,1880,1906]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="558 - 561" refId="ref91308" refString="Vidal, N., Marin, J., Morini, M., Donnellan, S., Branch, W. R., Thomas, R., Vences, M., Wynn, A., Cruaud, C. &amp; Hedges, S. B. (2010) Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters, 6 (4), 558 - 561. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rsbl. 2010.0220" type="journal article" year="2010">
Vidal
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FBEEF8C4FBD9E540" box="[1074,1132,1880,1906]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">et al.</emphasis>
2010
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FB61F8C5FA2DE540" author="Hedges, S. B. &amp; Marion, A. B. &amp; Lipp, K. M. &amp; Marin, J. &amp; Vidal, N." box="[1213,1432,1880,1906]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="1 - 61" refId="ref79952" refString="Hedges, S. B., Marion, A. B., Lipp, K. M., Marin, J. &amp; Vidal, N. (2014) A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology, 49, 1 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.31611 / ch. 49" type="journal article" year="2014">
Hedges
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FAC6F8C4FAE1E540" box="[1306,1364,1880,1906]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FF4BF8E0FE11E5A4" author="Pyron, R. A. &amp; Wallach, V." box="[151,420,1916,1943]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="1 - 81" refId="ref87311" refString="Pyron, R. A. &amp; Wallach, V. (2014) Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa, 3829 (1), 1 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3829.1.1" type="journal article" year="2014">Pyron &amp; Wallach 2014</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD8FFE9FE6DF8E0FDCCE5A5" author="Nagy, Z. T. &amp; Marion, A. B. &amp; Glaw, F. &amp; Miralles, A. &amp; Nopper, J. &amp; Vences, M. &amp; Hedges, S. B." box="[433,633,1916,1943]" pageId="122" pageNumber="123" pagination="31 - 47" refId="ref85413" refString="Nagy, Z. T., Marion, A. B., Glaw, F., Miralles, A., Nopper, J., Vences, M. &amp; Hedges, S. B. (2015) Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). Zootaxa, 4040 (1), 31 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4040.1.3" type="journal article" year="2015">
Nagy
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FE24F8E0FD86E5A4" box="[504,563,1916,1942]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">et al.</emphasis>
2015
</bibRefCitation>
). In Wallach
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FCC8F8E0FCFDE5A4" box="[788,840,1916,1942]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">et al</emphasis>
s. (2014) catalogue,
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FBE7F8E1FB7FE5A4" box="[1083,1226,1916,1942]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">A. punctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is included in the fauna of Bioko, maybe as a result of a mistake coming from the previous status of
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FBE1F83DFB7EE588" box="[1085,1227,1952,1978]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">A. congestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FF4BF859FE90E5EC" box="[151,293,1988,2014]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">A. punctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Taking into account (1) the high morphological similarity shown by
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FB9CF859FB78E5EC" box="[1088,1229,1988,2014]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">A. punctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD8FFE9FADAF859FA20E5EC" box="[1286,1429,1988,2014]" italics="true" pageId="122" pageNumber="123">A. congestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and (2) the ecology of these two species, in which
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FD3CFF0AFCDBE282" box="[736,878,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. punctatus</emphasis>
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usually occurs in savannah environments (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD9FFE8FA86FF0AFE8EE2E7" author="Trape, J. - F. &amp; Balde, C." pageId="123" pageNumber="124" pagination="301 - 338" refId="ref91019" refString="Trape, J. - F. &amp; Balde, C. (2014) A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa, 3900 (3), 301 - 338. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3900.3.1" type="journal article" year="2014">Trape &amp; Baldé 2014</bibRefCitation>
) whereas
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FE6DFF26FDF5E2E6" box="[433,576,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. congestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exclusively inhabits forests, we follow
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD9FFE8FBD0FF26FB44E2E7" author="Roux-Esteve, R." box="[1036,1265,187,213]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" pagination="1 - 313" refId="ref88277" refString="Roux-Esteve, R. (1974) Revision systematique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique, Reptilia-Serpentes. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie A, 87, 1 - 313." type="journal article" year="1974">Roux-Estève (1974)</bibRefCitation>
in considering all the populations from
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(both Bioko and
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) as
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD9FFE8FC29FF42FB30E2CA" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" baseAuthorityYear="1844" box="[1013,1157,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Typhlopidae" genus="Afrotyphlops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="congestus">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FC29FF42FB30E2CA" box="[1013,1157,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. congestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, excluding
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FAD2FF42FA29E2CA" box="[1294,1436,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. punctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the reptile list of the country.
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FDE7FE9EFCF6E32E" box="[571,835,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Afrotyphlops congestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, like some other related species [e.g.
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FAD9FE9EFA20E32E" box="[1285,1429,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. punctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6B4D7DFFD9FFE8FF4BFEBAFDB0E373" authority="(Hallowell, 1848)" baseAuthorityName="Hallowell" baseAuthorityYear="1848" box="[151,517,295,321]" class="Reptilia" family="Pythonidae" genus="Python" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="liberiensis">
<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FF4BFEBAFE9BE373" box="[151,302,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. liberiensis</emphasis>
(Hallowell, 1848)
</taxonomicName>
], presents two phenotypes, a “marbled” form and a “striped” form, the first one being more common in
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FE73FED6FD8AE356" box="[431,575,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. congestus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFA4B0FFFD9FFE8FD8DFED6FC9CE357" author="Roux-Esteve, R." box="[593,809,331,357]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124" pagination="1 - 313" refId="ref88277" refString="Roux-Esteve, R. (1974) Revision systematique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique, Reptilia-Serpentes. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie A, 87, 1 - 313." type="journal article" year="1974">Roux-Estève 1974</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Mertens (1964) reported the striped phenotype of
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FA58FED6FEB0E3BA" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">A. congestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Moka, Bioko. We found both phenotypes among the examined specimens either from
<collectingCountry id="F37C766EFFD9FFE8FAD1FEF2FAC9E3BB" box="[1293,1404,367,393]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Río Muni</collectingCountry>
or Bioko: MNCN23354, MNCN23355, MNCN23357, EBD 20801, 27520, 24963 depict a marbled pattern, whereas MNCN23356 and EBD 2843 show a striped pattern. The pholidosis traits of the examined specimens fall within the variability of the species [midbody scale rows: 28 (MNCN23356), 31 (MNCN23357), and 30 (MNCN23354, MNCN23355); number of dorsal longitudinal scales: 332 (MNCN23356), 333 (MNCN23357), 383 (MNCN23355), 394 (MNCN23354)]. The examined specimens from
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present a greater number of dorsal longitudinal scales (383394) than the Biokoan examined specimens (332333).
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There is a taxonomic question dealing with the striped phenotype, pending resolution until more data are available. Some putative undescribed species of
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FD72FD12FC8BE09B" box="[686,830,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Afrotyphlops</emphasis>
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. For example, the one named “
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sp.3
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”, is morphologically similar to some striped specimens of
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. These authors noted the same pholidotic pattern in their undescribed form “
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<emphasis id="B91FEAECFFD9FFE8FC72FD4AFBE5E0C3" box="[942,1104,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Rhinotyphlops</emphasis>
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” and in
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. A molecular phylogeography including both the “marbled” and “striped” phenotypes of
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together with samples of specimens assignable to the putative new taxa depicted by
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will be required in order to resolve this taxonomic conundrum. With the data at hand, we tentatively consider all the examined striped specimens as
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.
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Nvom (road from Aconibe to Asoc),
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Miboman (road from Movo to Niefang),
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Miboman (Km 27, road from Bata to Movo),
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20801)
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.
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(
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: without specific locality, 18761877 (
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)
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.
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