Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)

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 : 123

Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)

Onychocephalus angolensis Bocage, 1866b: 46 , 65. Type locality: “le districto do Duque du Bragança, situado na latitude de Loanda, porém umas 75 leguas para o interior, Portuguesas Africa occidental”, Duque de Bragança (=Calandula), Malanje District , Angola.

Typhlops congicus Boettger, 1887: 650 . Type locality: “Povo Netonna prope urbem Banana, Congo” (=Povo Netonna, near Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Typhlops adolfi Sternfeld, 1910c: 70 . Type locality: “Fort Blus.” (=Fort Beni, Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Typhlops dubius Chabanaud, 1917b: 364 . Type locality: “ Congo belge: volcans du Kivori (altitude 1500 mètres)” (=Kivu volcanoes, Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Typhlops lestradei Witte, 1933: 206 . Type locality: “Rubengera, Ruanda ”.

Typhlops ochraceus Laurent, 1952: 269 . Type locality: “Mulenge, Terr. D’Uvira, Kivu”.

Typhlops angolensis irsaci Laurent, 1956: 57 , 349. Type locality: “Lwiro, Terr. de Kabare, Kivu, Afrique centrale”.

Typhlops angolensis polylepis Laurent, 1956: 56 . Type locality: “Kiandjo, Terr. de Mwenga, Kivu, Afrique centrale”.

Typhlops angolensis symoensi Laurent, 1960: 10 . Type locality: “Rivière Ngovi, Territoire d’Uvira, Kivu, Congo oriental”.

Rhinotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866) : Broadley & Wallach 2000: 167

Afrotyphlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866) : Broadley & Wallach 2009: 29.

Distribution. It extends from Cameroon to western Kenya, and southward to Angola and Zambia. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded both in Bioko ( Roux-Estève 1974) and in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 35C ).

Comments. A comprehensive revision of this species was provided by Roux-Estève (1974).

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

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MAPS 35 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Myriopholis perreti; (B) Tricheilostoma sundewalli; (C) Afrotyphlops angolensis (question mark represents an imprecise record).