Afrotyphlops cf. punctatus (Leach, 1819)

Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount & Highlands, Bamenda, 2015, The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2), pp. 15-38 : 30-31

Afrotyphlops cf. punctatus (Leach, 1819) (11 specimens; see below)

Material: CamHerp 0087C, 3237I (two specimens, Tefo village, 6.30°N and 10.37°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – CamHerp 1412I (Mufe village, 6.30°N and 10.35°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – CamHerp 1018C 1208C (two specimens, Mboh village, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) ; CamHerp 1253C, 3135I, (two specimens, Mboh village, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) ; CamHerp 0176C, 1021C (two specimens, Abuh village, NE of Fundong, 6.297°N and 10.331°E, elev. 1,750 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – CamHerp 0396C, 0180M (two specimens, Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) .

Specimens are only provisionally attributed to this species pending further study and occur in marbled and unmarbled forms. This burrowing snake is found at altitudes between 5 m and 1,800 m in Cameroon from Mboh village (1,800 m), Baba II village (1,770 m) and Idjim village (1,600 m )). Afrotyphlops cf. punctatus is found between 10 m and 1,800 m above sea level in Cameroon, and has been reported from Wum (elev. 1,023 m, 6.39°N and 10.07°E) by Böhme (1975) .

Viperidae Oppel, 1811

Atheris broadleyi Lawson, 1999 (one specimen) Material : CamHerp 0974C (Bali Ngemba village, 5.833°N and 10.077°E, elev. 1,398 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).

This small arboreal forest viper ( Fig. 21 ) is found at altitudes between 332 m and 1,398 m in Cameroon ( Chirio and LeBreton 2007). The species is also present in the Central African Republic. The geographic distribution of this small tree viper is still unclear ( Phelps 2010), but it occurs with certainty in Cameroon and the Central African Republic ( Chirio and Ineich 2006).

Figures

Fig. 21. Atheris broadleyi. Megangme, 4.598°N and 12.225°E, elev. 610 m, September 8, 2012. Picture: M. LeBreton.