Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020

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 : 128

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BF4831D2-D98B-4265-9138-03DB8607B826

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7293529

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287E8-FFDD-FFEC-FF4B-FDBFFB05E1A8

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Plazi

scientific name

Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020
status

 

Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020 View in CoL

Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020 . Type locality: “Moka road (3.38844º, 8.65878º, 1296 m), Bioko Island , Equatorial Guinea ”.

Distribution. Endemic to Bioko.

Comments. This species is currently known from two female specimens. The first one was reported from Moka (3.35081º, 8.66254º) by Capocaccia (1961a) as Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854) , but highlighting its singular morphological traits; this specimen represents the species’ paratype. The second one was recently reported and designated as the holotype of A. hetfieldi ( Ceríaco et al. 2020a) ( Map 37C View MAPS 37 ).

Specimens examined. No specimen of this taxon was found in the examined collections.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Atheris

Loc

Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020

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

Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020

Ceriaco, Marques, Bauer 2020
2020
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