Namibiana aff. rostrata (Bocage, 1886)
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Namibiana aff. rostrata (Bocage, 1886) |
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Namibiana aff. rostrata (Bocage, 1886) View in CoL
Angolan Beaked Thread Snake ( Fig. 34 View Fig )
Material: NB599 (HF).
Comment: Thread snakes are a difficult group to study due to their very small size and conservative morphology ( Broadley and Broadley 1999; Branch 2018). Namibiana rostrata is endemic to Angola, and originally described from Humbe, ca. 110 km south of BNP. It has recently been recorded from BNP ( Butler et al. 2019), and we provisionally assign the specimen from Handa Farm to the same species. Haacke (TM) collected two thread snakes, one from Paiva Couceiro (= Quipungo, TM45190), around 30 km southeast of Handa Farm, and another from Hoque (TM 46699), ca. 77 km northwest of BNP, both identified as Leptotyohlops scutifrons scutifrons . All these records should be carefully compared to confirm species identification.
Broadley DG, Broadley S. 1999. A review of the African worm snakes from south of latitude 12 ° S (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Syntarsus 5: 1 - 36.
Butler BO, Ceriaco LPM, Marques MP, Bandeira S, Julio T, Heinicke MP, Bauer AM. 2019. Herpetological survey of Huila Province, southwest Angola, including first records from Bicuar National Park. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 225 - 240.
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