Monopeltis galeata ( Hallowell, 1852 )

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 : 61

Monopeltis galeata ( Hallowell, 1852)

Phractogonus galeatus Hallowell, 1852: 62 . Type locality: “ Liberia, West Coast of Africa”; corrected to “Gaboon Country, West Africa” by Hallowell (1857).

Monopeltis (Phractogonus) magnipartitus Peters, 1879b: 276 . Type locality: “ Angeblich von dem Gabun ”.

Lepidosternum galeatum ( Hallowell, 1852) : Strauch 1881: 121 (emendation).

Lepidosternum dumerilii Strauch, 1881: 122 . Type locality: “ West Afrika ( Gabon)”.

Lepidostenon magnipartitum Strauch, 1881: 124 (emendation).

Monopeltis galeata ( Hallowell, 1852) : Boulenger, 1885: 384.

Monopeltis unirostralis Mocquard, 1903: 210 . Type locality: “ Gabon ”.

Monopeltis boveei Mocquard, 1903: 211 . Type locality: “ Fernand Vaz ( Congo français)”.

Distribution. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Corisco ( Gans & Lehman 1973) ( Map 16B ).

Comments. The genus Monopeltis is sister to the South African genus Dalophia (Gray, 1865) ( Measey & Tolley 2013) . The phylogenetic relationships of M. galeata in relation to other congeneric species remain unknown. A comprehensive revision of this species was provided by Gans & Lehman (1973). The single known specimen of M. galeata from Equatorial Guinea (Corisco Island), currently held at the ANSP and labelled as ANSP 9682, is a possible paralectotype ( Gans & Lehman 1973).

Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.

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MAPS 16 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Melanoseps poensis; (B) Monopeltis galeata; (C) Monopeltis jugularis.