Calabaria reinhardtii ( Schlegel, 1851 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 |
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Calabaria reinhardtii ( Schlegel, 1851 ) |
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Calabaria reinhardtii ( Schlegel, 1851) View in CoL
Figure 16A View FIGURE 16
Eryx reinhardtii Schlegel, 1851: 1 View in CoL . Type locality: “Côte d’or” Ghana. Restricted to Aqua Pim (Akwapim), southern Ghana ( Hughes & Barry 1969).
Calabaria fusca Gray, 1858: 155 View in CoL . Type locality: “Old Calabar, W. Africa ” Duke Town , Nigeria.
Rhoptrura reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848) : Peters, 1858: 340.
Rhoptrura petiti Sauvage, 1884: 202 View in CoL . Type locality: “l’ouest de l’Afrique”.
Calabaria reinhardti (Schlegel, 1848) : Boulenger 1893: 92.
Distribution. It ranges from Liberia to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Bioko ( Drewes et al. 1999) at Basilé, San Carlos ( Bocage 1895 a, 1903; Boulenger 1906; Capocaccia 1961a), and Musola ( Mertens 1941), and from Río Muni at Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905) and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 18B View MAPS 18 ).
Comments. The genus Calabaria is currently monotypic and has a confusing taxonomic history. It was formerly placed in Pythonidae until molecular phylogenetic analyses clarified its evolutionary history as a member of Boidae (Pyron et al. 2014) . Calabaria reinhardtii usually lives mainly inside superficial underground galleries and termite nests ( Angelici et al. 2000). Despite its secretive behaviour, it is a well known species among the local people of Equatorial Guinea (Maximiliano Fero, pers. comm.).
Specimens examined. Twenty-two specimens. Bioko: without precise locality ( MNCN 22818–22819 About MNCN ) ; San Carlos , Bioko, July 1909 ( MNCN 22820 About MNCN ) . Río Muni: Mongomo , 16 April 1986 (EBD 20794, EBD 20797, EBD 20799) ; road from Mongomo to Aconibe, 29 November 1985 ( EBD 20796) ; Mongomo (road to Añisok), 06 June 1986 ( EBD 20798) ; road from Mfaman to Niefang, 10 March 1986 ( EBD 20795) ; Miboman ( Km 27, road to Bata), 15 February 1986; Miboman (30 km from Niefang), 01 February 1987 ( EBD 25008) ; Sanduma , 27 February 1965 ( EBD 2845 View Materials ) ; 10 km before the road of Alosa from Bata, 09 May 1966 ( EBD 2846 View Materials ) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 01 August 1986 ( EBD 25007) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacon (road from Bata to Ayamiken), 01 February 1987 ( EBD 25009) , 03 February 1987 ( EBD 25010) , December 1987 (EBD 27753, EBD 27779) , September 1987 ( EBD 27484) , 1990 ( EBD 31492) ; Nvom (road from Aconibe to Asok), 08 May 1987 ( EBD 25011) ; Equatorial Guinea, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) from Cabo San Juan ( MNCN 22316 About MNCN , MNCN 22821 About MNCN ) .
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Estacion Biologica de Donana |
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Calabaria reinhardtii ( Schlegel, 1851 )
Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La 2022 |
Calabaria reinhardti (Schlegel, 1848)
Boulenger, G. A. 1893: 92 |
Rhoptrura petiti
Sauvage, H. E. 1884: 202 |
Calabaria fusca
Gray, J. E. 1858: 155 |
Rhoptrura reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848)
Peters, W. C. H. 1858: 340 |
Eryx reinhardtii
Schlegel, H. 1851: 1 |