Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993

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 : 71

Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993

Figure 17A

Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993: 169 . Type locality: “Mukonjefarm, Mundame (04º35´N, 09º31´E), Cameroon ”.

Distribution. It extends from Guinea to Republic of the Congo, south to Gabon. There are no previous published records for Equatorial Guinea ( Map 19B ).

Comments. The specimen MNCN 22554 recorded as Dipsadoboa sp. by Pérez del Val (2001) is herein confidently identified as D. underwoodi . It represents the first record of this species for Equatorial Guinea (at Elobey Island). Rasmussen (1993) described and provided a detailed account of this species. The specimen MNCN 22554 lacks a great portion of the tail and has 193 ventrals and single subcaudals.

Specimens examined. One specimen. Island of Elobey, 1885 (MNCN 22554).

Figures

FIGURE 17. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Dipsadoboa underwoodi (A) (EBD 22554), Dipsadoboa viridis (B) (MNCN 23817), and Dipsadoboa weileri (C) (EBD 27750). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 19 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Dipsadoboa duchesnii; (B) Dipsadoboa underwoodi; (C) Dipsadoboa unicolor.