Dipsadoboa weileri ( Lindholm, 1905 )

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 73-76

Dipsadoboa weileri ( Lindholm, 1905)

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Dipsadophidium weileri Lindholm, 1905: 186 . Type locality: “Umgegend von Bibundi (Kamerun)”, vicinity of Bibundi, Cameroon.

Dipsadoboa isolepis Boulenger, 1907: 325 . Type locality: “Efulen”, Cameroon.

Dipsadoboa weileri ( Lindholm, 1905) : Müller 1910: 607.

Distribution. This species extends from Guinea to Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Republic of Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Río Muni at Benito River ( Boulenger 1900; Rasmussen 1993) ( Map 20B ).

Comments. Rasmussen (1993) provided a detailed account of this species. This species has been confused with D. unicolor ; the record of D. unicolor from Benito River by Boulenger (1900) was reidentifyied as D. weileri ( Rasmussen, 1993) .

Specimens examined. Six specimens. Río Muni: Miboman (road to Niefang), 29 March 1984 ( EBD 20946) ; Miboman (30 km from Niefang), 01 February 1987 ( EBD 25056) ; Miboman , April 1988 ( EBD 27750) , December 1987 ( EBD 27751) , without date ( EBD 25065) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom (road from Bata to Ayamiken), 20 May 1987 ( EBD 25057) .

Figures

FIGURE 17. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Dipsadoboa underwoodi (A) (EBD 22554), Dipsadoboa viridis (B) (MNCN 23817), and Dipsadoboa weileri (C) (EBD 27750). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 20 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Dipsadoboa viridis; (B) Dipsadoboa weileri; (C) Hapsidophrys lineatus.