Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874

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 : 107

Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874

Figure 27C

Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874: 444 . Type locality: “ Cameroon mountains”.

Pseudoboodon albopunctatus Andersson, 1901: 6 . Type locality: “ Mapanja , Cameroon ”.

Pseudoboodon brevicaudatus Andersson, 1901: 8 . Type locality: “ Mapanja , Cameroon ”.

Distribution. It extends across Central Africa, from Cameroon to the East of Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded both in Bioko ( Boulenger 1919) and Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002), including Monte Mitra ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) ( Map 31B ).

Comments. No precise records are known from Bioko. Bothrolycus is a monotypic genus sister to Bothrophthalmus ( Zaher et al. 2019) .

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 1990 ( EBD 31496) .

Figures

FIGURE 27. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Boaedon olivaceus (A) (MNCN 50493), Boaedon virgatus (B) (EBD 2848), and Bothrolycus ater (C) (EBD 31496). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 31 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Boaedon virgatus; (B) Bothrolycus ater (question mark represents an imprecise record); (C) Bothrophthalmus brunneus (question mark represents an imprecise record).