Chamaelycus Boulenger, 1919

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 376-377

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13159758

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scientific name

Chamaelycus Boulenger, 1919
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Genus Chamaelycus Boulenger, 1919 View in CoL

Chamaelycus parkeri ( Angel, 1934) View in CoL PARKER’S BANDED SNAKE

Oophilositum parkeri Angel 1934:417 View in CoL . Holotype: MNHN 1934-11 About MNHN (collector G. Babault). Type locality: “Kabulire (dans les forêts situées à l’Ouest du lac Kivu)” [= Kabulire, Sud-Kivu] Democratic Republic of Congo.

Oophilositum parkeri View in CoL : Parker (1936:123).

Chamaelycus parkeri View in CoL : Chippaux (2006:72), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:392), Wallach et al. (2014:155).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is distributed in Central Africa, from northern Congo to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola ( Map 339 View MAP ): The species has only been recorded from “Congulu,” Kwanza Sul Province in western Angola but it is probable that the species occurs further north in the country. Kwanza Sul: “Congulu” [-10.86667, 14.28333] ( Parker 1936:123) GoogleMaps .

Taxonomic and distributional notes: Further surveys in the country may yield additional records of this species in northern Angola.

ANGEL, M. F. 1934. Remarques sur le genre Oophilositum Parker (Colubride aglyphe) et description d'une espece nouvelle. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 59: 417 - 419.

CHIPPAUX, J. - P. 2006. Les Serpents d'Afrique Occidentale et Centrale. IRD Editions, Collection Faune et Flore Tropicales, Paris, France. 311 pp.

PARKER, H. W. 1936. Dr. Karl Jordan's expedition to South-West Africa and Angola: herpetological collection. Novitates Zoologicae, 40: 115 - 146.

WALLACH V., K. L. WILLIAMS, AND J. BOUNDY. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. xxvi + [2] + 1209 pp.

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MAP 339. Distribution of Chamaelycus parkeri in Angola.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Lamprophiidae