Elapsoidea Bocage, 1866

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 365-367

Genus Elapsoidea Bocage, 1866

Elapsoidea guentherii Bocage, 1866 GÜNTHER’S GARTER SNAKE

Elapsoidea Güntherii Bocage 1866a:50 , 1866b:70, pl. 1, figs. 3, 3a–3b. Lectotype: MBL T-130, formerly

MBL 1935 (collector J.A. d’Anchieta), destroyed by fire 18 March 1978, designated by Parker (1949:97).

Type locality: restricted to “ Cabinda ” ( Bocage 1866a:50, 1866b:70), Angola through the lectotype designation. Elapsoidea Guntherii : Bocage (1873b:224). Elapsoidea Güntheri : Bocage (1895a:129, 1897b:202). Elapechis guentheri : Boulenger (1896:359). Elapsoidea güntheri : Loveridge (1936a:41), Bogert (1940:86). Elapsoidea sundevallii güntherii : Loveridge (1944c:222, 1957:290). Elapsoidea sundevallii güntheri [part]: Parker (1949:93). Elapsoidea güntheri güntheri : Laurent (1964a:117). Elapsoidea sundevalli semiannulata : Haacke and Finkeldey (1967:3). Elapsoidea guentheri : Broadley (1971e:600), Spawls and Branch (1995:60), Branch (1998:105) Elapsoidea guentheri ( Elapsoidea Güntherii ): Manaças (1891:22). Elapsoidea guentherii : Chippaux (2006:216), Dobiey and Vogel (2007:49), Wallach et al. (2014:262).

Global conservation status ( IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species ranges from the lower Congo, south to Angola and east to the southern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 328): The species occurs from the northwest to the central plateaus of Angola. Cabinda: “ Cabinda ”

[-5.55000, 12.18333] ( Bocage 1866a:59,

1866b:70, 1873b:224, 1895a:129, 1897b:202;

Loveridge 1936a:41, 1944c:222, 1957:290;

Parker 1949:95; Broadley 1971e:601; Manaças

1981:22; Chippaux 2006:216; Wallach et al.

2014:262). Kwanza Norte: “N’dala Tando”

[-9.30000, 14.91667] ( Broadley 1971e:601;

Manaças 1981:22). Moxico: “Rives du lac

Calundo (Lago Calundo )” [-11.71667,

20.80000] ( Laurent 1964a:117; Broadley

1971e:601; Manaças 1981:22). Benguela:

“ with no precise identification but probably from Hanha” [-12.25000, 13.75000] ( Bogert

1940:86; Broadley 1971e:601). Huíla:

“ Caconda” [-13.73333, 15.06667] ( Bocage MAP 328. Distribution of Elapsoidea guentherii in Angola.

1895a:129; Loveridge 1936a:41; Broadley

1971e:601; Manaças 1981:22).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: The species was described as new by Bocage in two different papers (1866a,b), both of which appeared in the November 1866 issue of the same journal. However, the generic name, although used in both papers, was actually defined and introduced as new only in the second paper. Haacke and Finkeldey (1967) regarded E. semiannulata Bocage, 1882 as the only member of the genus occurring in Angola and southern Congo. However, both E. semiannulata and E. guentherii are both present (e.g., Broadley 1971e; Manaças 1981; Spawls and Branch 1995; Chippaux 2006; Dobiey and Vogel 2007; Wallach et al. 2014).

Elapsoidea semiannulata semiannulata Bocage, 1882 ANGOLAN GARTER SNAKE

E lapsoidea semi-annulata Bocage 1882a:303 . Holotype: MBL 1938 (collector J.A. d’Anchieta), destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “ Caconda ” Huíla Province, Angola.

Elapsoidea decosteri huilensis Laurent (1964a:118) . Type: Holotype, MD 5552 (collector W. Kisker, coll. Prof. H. Baumann leg.). Type locality: “Fazenda Bumbo, Humpata (Huíla),” Huíla Povince, Angola.

Elapsoidea Guntherii : Bocage (1873b:224).

Elapsoidea Güntheri : Bocage (1895a:129; 1897b:202).

Elapsoidea güntheri var. semiannulata : Ferreira (1900a:52).

Elapsoidea güntheri : Schmidt (1933:14), Mertens (1938a:442).

Elapechis guentheri : Monard (1937b:137).

Elapsoidea sundevallii semiannulata : Loveridge (1936:41,1944c:220).

Elapsoidea sundevallii güntheri [part]: Parker (1949:93).

Elapsoidea semiannulata : Broadley (1998b:15), Chippaux (2006:217), Dobiey and Vogel (2007:53), Wallach et al. (2014:236),

Elapsoidea? sundevallii semiannulata : Hellmich (1957a:73).

Elapsoidea semiannulata semiannulata : Broadley (1971e:610, 1998b:15), Spawls and Branch (1995:64).

Elapsoidea semiannulata semiannulata ( Elapsoidea semi-annulata ): Manaças (1981:23).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The nominotypical subspecies is known from Angola, Zambia west of the Zambezi and northern Namibia.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 329): Widespread, with most records in the west of the country, but replaced in Cabinda and possibly elsewhere in the far north by E. s. moebiusi .

Luanda: “Loanda” [-8.83333, 13.26667] ( Ferreira 1900a:52) . Bengo: “ de Cacolo ao rio

Bengo ” ( Ferreira 1900a:52). Kwanza Norte:

“Ambaca” [-9.26667, 15.18333] ( Ferreira

1900a:52); “N’dalla Tando” [-9.30000,

14.91667] ( Broadley 1971e:611; Manaças

1981:23). Moxico: “Cazengo” [-9.33333,

14.76667] ( Ferreira 1900a:52; Loveridge

1944c:221); “Vila Luso” [-11.78333,

19.91667] (Manaças 1981:23). Bié: “Chitau”

[-11.43333, 17.15000] ( Schmidt 1933:14;

Loveridge 1944c:221; Broadley 1971e:611;

Manaças 1981:23). Huambo: “Galanga”

[ -12.06667, 15.15000] ( Bocage 1895a:129, MAP 329. Distribution of Elapsoidea semiannulata semiannulata in Angola.

1897b:202; Broadley 1971e:611; Manaças

1981:23); “Dondi” [-12.53333, 16.25000] ( Loveridge 1944c:221; Broadley 1971b:611; Manaças 1981:23). Benguela: “Entre Rios” [-13.01667, 14.63333] ( Hellmich 1957a:73; Broadley 1971e:611; Manaças 1981:23); “Cubal” [-13.03333, 14.25000] ( Mertens 1938a:442; Loveridge 1944c:221; Broadley 1971e:611; Manaças 1981:23). Huíla: “Kampulu (environs de Kasinga)” [-15.21667, 16.11667] ( Monard 1937b:137; Loveridge 1944c:221; Broadley 1971e:611; Manaças 1981:23); “Caconda” [-13.73333, 15.06667] ( Bocage 1882b:303;, 1895a:129; Loveridge 1936a:41; 1944c:221; Parker 1949:95; Broadley 1971e:611, 1998b:16; Manaças 1981:23; Chippaux 2006:217; Chirio and LeBreton 2007:576; Wallach et al. 2014:263); “Kalukembé” [-13.78333, 14.68333] ( Monard 1937b:137; Loveridge 1944c:221; Broadley 1971e:611; Manaças

1981:23); “Huilla” [-15.05000, 13.55000] ( Bocage 1873b:224, 1895a:129, 1897b:202; Broadley 1971e:611; Manaças 1981:23); “Fazenda Bumbo, Humpata” [-15.20000, 13.00000] ( Laurent 1964a:118; Broadley 1971e:661; Manaças 1981:23); “Gambos” [-15.76667, 14.10000] ( Bocage 1873a:224, 1895a:12, 1897a:202; Loveridge 1944c:221; Broadley 1971e:611, 1998b:16; Manaças 1981:23). Namibe: “Maconjo” [-15.01667, 13.20000] ( Bocage 1895a:129, 1897c:202; Loveridge 1944c:221; Broadley 1971e:611, 1998b:16; Manaças 1981:23).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: The species was described by Bocage (1882a) as Elapsoidea semi-annulata based on two specimens from “Caconda” collected by J. Anchieta. Bocage (1895a) later changed the orthography to Elapsoidea semiannulata . Laurent (1964a) described a new subspecies from Angola, Elapsoidea decosteri huilensis , which currently is recognized as synonym of this taxon.

Elapsoidea semiannulata moebiusi ( Werner, 1897) MOEBIUS’ GARTER SNAKE

Elapechis moebiusi Werner 1897:400 . Holotype: ZMB 13802 (collector J.N.F.J. Graf von Zech). Type locality: “Kete” [Kete, or Kete Krachi, was in the German colony of Togo at the time of the description, but after 1914 became part of the Gold Coast, and following independence in 1957, Ghana].

Elapsoidea semiannulata moebiusi : Broadley (1971e:609), Spawls and Branch (1995:64), Broadley (1998b:16).

Elapsoidea semiannulata moebiusi ( Elapechis moebiusi ): Manaças (1981:23).

Elapsoidea semiannulata : Trape and Mané (2006:190), Dobiey and Vogel (2007:53), Wallach et al. (2014:236).

Elapsoidea semiannulata moebiusi : Chirio and LeBreton (2007:576).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The subspecies is known from from Senegal and the extreme south of Mauritania, west to southern Chad, and the Central African Republic, and from disjunct populations south to western Congo, western and southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, and far northern Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 330): Elapsoidea . s. moebiusi is known from northern regions including the Cabinda enclave. Cabinda: “ Cabinda ” [-5.55000, 12.18333] ( Broadley 1998b:16, 18 [ Fig.1 ]; Dobiey and Vogel 2007:53).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: Broadley (1971e, 1998b) Spawls and Branch (1995) and Dobiey and Vogel (2007) recongnized two subspecies for the country, the typical form E. s. semiannulata in more southern regions and E. s. moebiusi ( Werner, 1897) in Cabinda or Cabinda and northern Zaire and Uige provinces. Chirio and LeBreton (2007) mistakenly noted “Caconda” as the type locali- MAP 330. Distribution of Elapsoidea semiannulata ty of E. s. moebiusi . moebiusi in Angola.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of Angola, showing the provinces and major towns and position of Angola on the African continent.