Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827

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 : 20

Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827

Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827: 400 . Type locality: “Africâ occidentali”.

Cinixys homeana Bell, 1827 : Duméril & Bibron 1835: 161.

Distribution. West and Central Africa, from Liberia to Central African Republic, with some dubious records in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Rhodin et al. 2017). In Equatorial Guinea it has been found in Monte Mitra at Monte Alén National Park ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) and it is expected to be found to the North-west of Río Muni, close to the border with Cameroon, where several records exist from the latter country ( Iverson 1992; Rhodin et al. 2017) ( Map 2C ).

Comments. This species is only known in Equatorial Guinea from a single specimen found at Monte Mitra ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005). It is the sister species of K. erosa ( Kindler et al. 2012) .

Specimens examined. No specimens were found in the examined collections.

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MAPS 2A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Pelusios niger; (B) Kinixys erosa; (C) Kinixys homeana.