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Atractaspis corpulenta

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Atractaspis corpulenta (Hallowell, 1854)

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Brachycranion corpulentum Hallowell, 1854b: 99. Type locality: “ Liberia, W. coast of Africa” in error fide Hughes & Barry (1969). Corrected to Gabon (Hallowell 1857).

Atractaspis corpulentus (Hallowell, 1854a): Hallowell 1857: 70

Atractaspis leucura Mocquard, 1885: 15. Type locality: “Assinie” Ivory Coast.

Atractaspis corpulenta kivuensis Laurent, 1958: 127. Type locality: “ Rivière Bibugwa, Kivu ”.

Distribution. It extends from Guinea in West Africa to the eastern of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it had never been recorded (Map 28A).

Comments. We provide the first record of A. corpulenta for Equatorial Guinea.

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Miboman, 1988 (EBD 29751).

Notes

Published as part of Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, pp. 1-197 in Zootaxa 5202 (1) on page 99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285600

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Biodiversity

Collection code
EBD
Scientific name authorship
Hallowell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squamata
Family
Lamprophiidae
Genus
Atractaspis
Species
corpulenta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atractaspis corpulenta (Hallowell, 1854) sec. Sánchez-Vialas, Calvo-Revuelta & Riva, 2022

References

  • Hallowell, E. (1854 b) Remarks on the geographical distribution of reptiles, with descriptions of several species supposed to be new, and corrections of former papers. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1854, 98 - 105.
  • Hughes, B. & Barry, D. H. (1969) The snakes of Ghana, a checklist and key. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, 31 (3), 1004 - 1041.
  • Hallowell, E. (1857) Notice of a collection of reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 9 (3), 48 - 72.
  • Hallowell, E. (1854 a) Descriptions of new reptiles from Guinea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1854, 193 - 194.
  • Mocquard, M. F. (1885) Sur une nouvelle espece d' Atractaspis (A. leucura). Bulletin de la Societe philomathique de Paris, 10 (7), 15.
  • Laurent, R. F. (1958) Notes herpetologiques africaines II. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 58 (1 - 2), 115 - 128.