Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus Mertens, 1954

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1201.120750

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23C7E6E7-AE73-4685-AEDA-26DEB0EE0068

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11196774

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/81B8F7CD-6985-5505-AC8C-9B8CFBB22C87

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus Mertens, 1954
status

 

Telescopus semiannulatus polystictus Mertens, 1954 View in CoL

Fig. 11 c View Figure 11

Records.

vic. N’Dolondolo [- 13.8105, 13.1361, 707 m] ( CAS 263029); 2 km N of Maylowe [- 13.8280, 13.2625, 803 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001547).

Comments.

The collected specimens exhibit more than 60 dark blotches on the back. This fits in the range attributed to the subspecies polystictus rather than to the nominotypical form (20 – 50 blotches according to Branch 1998). This is the first confirmed record for Angola of this subspecies that is otherwise known from neighboring Namibia.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

MB

Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Telescopus