Pseudohaje goldii ( Boulenger, 1895 )

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 : 103

Pseudohaje goldii ( Boulenger, 1895)

Figure 26C

Naia goldii Boulenger, 1895: 34 . Type locality: “near Asaba”, vicinity of Asaba , Nigeria.

Naia yakomae Mocquard, 1895 (1896) : 233. Type locality: “Yakoma-Abiras”.

Naja goldii ( Boulenger, 1895) : Schmidt 1923: 130.

Pseudohaje goldii ( Boulenger, 1895) : Bogert 1942: 4.

Distribution. It extends from Ivory Coast to Kenya and southward to northern Angola.In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Moka Lake ( Mertens 1941), Ureca, Moka, and between Moka and San Carlos ( Mertens 1964a), and in Río Muni at Benito River ( Boulenger 1900) and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 30B ).

Comments. Pseudohaje goldii occurs across a wide elevational gradient, being one of the reptile species that inhabits from sea level to high altitude environments such as the surroundings of Moka Lake at 1800 m above sea level ( Mertens 1964a).

Specimens examined. Four specimens. Río Muni: San Joaquín de Ndyiacom (road from Bata to Ayamiken), 03 February 1987 ( EBD 25004) ; Miboman (road of Bata) 04 March 1986 ( EBD 20805) ; Miboman (road to Niefang), 29 March 1986 ( EBD 20803) , 08 July 1986 ( EBD 20806) .

Figures

FIGURE 26. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Naja (Boulengerina) melanoleuca (A) (MNCN 22693), Naja (Boulengerina) multifasciata (C) (EBD 25054), and Pseudohaje goldii (EBD 20803). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 30 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Naja (Boulengerina) multifasciata; (B) Pseudohaje goldii; (C) Boaedon olivaceus.