Amblyodipsas Peters, 1857

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 : 320-321

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Amblyodipsas Peters, 1857
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Genus Amblyodipsas Peters, 1857 View in CoL

Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873) COMMON PURPLE-GLOSSED SNAKE

Calamelaps polylepis Bocage 1873b:216 View in CoL . Holotype: MBL 1878 (collector J.A. d’Anchieta), destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “Dondo, intérieur d’Angola” [= Dondo] Kwanza Norte Province, Angola. Atractaspis Hildebrandtii View in CoL : Peters (1877a:616).

Calamelaps polylepis View in CoL : Bocage (1895a:126, 1897a:201), Ferreira (1904:116), Boulenger (1915:214). Calamelaps unicolor View in CoL : Loveridge (1933:260).

Calamelaps unicolor polylepis : Loveridge (1944c:164, 1957:281), de Witte and Laurent (1947:32). Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis View in CoL : Broadley (1971c:649), Broadley (1990:202), Branch (1998:66). Amblyodipsas polylepis View in CoL : Broadley and Cotterill (2004:46), Bates et al. (2014:345), Wallach et al. (2014:25).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern.

Global distribution: The species is known from coastal Kenya to South Africa, west to Angola and northern Namibia.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 280): The species is known from western Angola, however, the species may occur country wide with exception of the northern regions. Bengo: “Cabicula”

[-9.16667, 13.56667] ( Ferreira 1904:116; de

Witte and Laurent 1947:32; Broadley

1971a:652). Kwanza Norte: “Cazengo”

[-9.33333, 14.76667] ( Bocage 1895a:126,

1897a:201; Loveridge 1944c:164; de Witte and

Laurent 1947:32; Broadley 1971a:652);

“Dondo” [-9.68333, 14.43333] ( Bocage

1873b:216, 1895a:126, 1897a:201; Loveridge

1933:260, 1944c:164, 1957:281; de Witte and

Laurent 1947:32; Broadley 1971a:652,

1990:202). Benguela: “Quissange”

[-12.43333, 14.05000] ( Bocage 1895a:126,

1897a:201; Loveridge 1944b:164; de Witte and

Laurent 1947:32; Broadley 1971a:652).

Cunene: “Humbe” [-16.68333, 14.90000] GoogleMaps

( Bocage 1895a:126, 1897a:201; Loveridge

1944bc:164; de Witte and Laurent 1947:32;

Broadley 1971a:652). Undetermined Locali-

MAP 280. Distribution of Amblyodipsas polylepis in Angola.

ty: “without precise locality” ( Peters

1877a:616; Broadley 1971a:652).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: Wallach et al. (2014) confused “Dondo” with “Dundo” from Lunda Norte Province, eastern Angola. There are currently no outstanding taxonomic issues for Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis (Bocage 1873) , although the taxonomic status of the East African subspecies Amblyodipsas polylepis hildebrandtii (Peters, 1877) should be re-evaluated ( Bates et al. 2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Atractaspididae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Atractaspididae

Genus

Amblyodipsas

Loc

Amblyodipsas Peters, 1857

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M. 2018
2018
Loc

Calamelaps unicolor polylepis

BATES, M. F. & W. R. BRANCH & A. M. BAUER & M. BURGER & J. MARAIS & G. J. ALEXANDER & M. S. DE VILLIERS 2014: 345
WALLACH V., K. L. & WILLIAMS, AND & J. BOUNDY 2014: 25
BRANCH, W. R. 1998: 66
BROADLEY, D. G. 1990: 202
BROADLEY, D. G. 1971: 649
LAURENT, R. F. 1947: 32
LOVERIDGE, A. 1944: 164
1944
Loc

Calamelaps polylepis

LOVERIDGE, A. 1933: 260
BOULENGER, G. A. 1915: 214
FERREIRA, J. B. 1904: 116
BOCAGE, J. V. B. 1897: 201
BOCAGE, J. V. B. 1895: 126
1895
Loc

Calamelaps polylepis

PETERS, W. C. H. 1877: 616
BOCAGE, J. V. B. 1873: 216
1873
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