Myriopholis perreti ( Roux-Esteve, 1979 )

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 : 120

Myriopholis perreti ( Roux-Esteve, 1979)

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Leptotyphlops perreti Roux-Esteve, 1979: 464 . Type locality: “ Ebolowa , Cameroun ”.

Myriopholis perreti ( Roux-Esteve, 1979) : Adalsteinsson et al. 2009: 12.

Distribution. This species occurs from southeastern Cameroon to the Republic of the Congo, including Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, where it has been recorded in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 35A ).

Comments. A poorly known species recorded only a handful of times ( Roux-Esteve 1979; Trape & RouxEstève 1995; Lasso et al. 2002; Pauwels & David 2008b).

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Monte Alén National Park (in the EBD collection, without EBD number).

Figures

FIGURE 30. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Mehelya poensis (A) (EBD 27749), and Python sebae (B) (MNCN 22790); and dorsal and ventral views of the head of Myriopholis perreti (C) (in the EBD collection, without EBD number). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 35 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Myriopholis perreti; (B) Tricheilostoma sundewalli; (C) Afrotyphlops angolensis (question mark represents an imprecise record).