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

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7293507

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scientific name

Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874
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Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874

Figure 27C View FIGURE 27

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 View MAPS 31 ).

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) .

EBD

Estacion Biologica de Donana

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Lamprophiidae

Genus

Bothrolycus

Loc

Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La 2022
2022
Loc

Pseudoboodon albopunctatus

Andersson 1901: 6
1901
Loc

Pseudoboodon brevicaudatus

Andersson 1901: 8
1901
Loc

Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874: 444

Gunther 1874: 444
1874
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