Rhamnophis Günther, 1862
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Genus Rhamnophis Günther, 1862 View in CoL
Rhamnophis aethiopissa Günther, 1862 LARGE-EYED GREEN TREE SNAKE View in CoL
Rhamnophis aethiopissa Günther 1862:129 View in CoL , pl. 10. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .4.99 (formerly BMNH 61.12.30.61) (don. Capt. R.H. Beddome). Type locality: “ West Africa. ”
Rhamnophis ituriensis Schmidt (1923:81 View in CoL , fig. 4). Holotype: AMNH R-12505 (collector H. Lang and J.P. Chapin). Type locality: “Niapu” ( Schmidt 1923:81-82), Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rhamnophis aethiopissa View in CoL : Boulenger (1915:206), Roux-Estève (1965:65), Broadley and Howell (1991:66),
Broadley and Wallach (2002:64), Spawls et al. (2004:366), Wallach et al. (2014:633). Rhamnophis aethiopissa aethiopissa View in CoL : Hellmich (1957b:66). Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis View in CoL : Laurent (1950a:8, 1954a:50, 1964a:108), Thys van den Audenaerde
(1966:33). Tharsops aethiopissa : Chippaux (2006:109).
Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.
Global distribution: The species is known from Guinea east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, and western
Kenya, and south to northern Angola and northwestern Zambia.
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 362): The species occurs in the northern Angola including the Cabinda enclave. Lunda Norte: “Dundo”
[-7.36667, 20.83333] ( Laurent 1954a:50,
1964a:108); “sur un arbuste dans la forêt des sources de la Mussungue (affluent de la Luachimo) près de Dundo” [-7.41667, 20.83333] GoogleMaps
( Laurent 1950a:8, Thys van den Audenaerde
1966:33); “Calonda, Camissombo” [-8.41667,
20.53333] ( Laurent 1964a:108). Kwanza
Norte: “Piri-Dembos” [-8.56667, 14.50000]
( Hellmich 1957b:66).
Taxonomic and distributional notes:
Roux-Estève (1965) placed the subspecies
Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis Schmidt , MAP 362. Distribution of Rhamnophis aethoipissa in 1923 in the synonymy of the typical form. Angola.
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Rhamnophis Günther, 1862
Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M. 2018 |
Rhamnophis ituriensis
SCHMIDT, K. P. 1923: 81 |
SCHMIDT, K. P. 1923: 81 |
Rhamnophis aethiopissa
ROUX-ESTEVE, R. 1965: 65 |
BOULENGER, G. A. 1915: 206 |
Rhamnophis aethiopissa Günther 1862:129
GUNTHER, A. C. L. G. 1862: 129 |