Afrotyphlops schlegeli petersii (Bocage, 1873)

Fig. 9 h

Record.

Mamué riparian area [- 13.8015, 13.1206, 665 m] (CAS 266467).

Comments.

The Afrotyphlops schlegeli species complex is, as most of the other members of this genus, a taxonomic and nomenclatural conundrum. The validity of petersii as a distinct taxon, endemic to southwestern Angola and Namibia, was supported by Roux-Estève (1974). Marques et al. (2018) considered the Angolan population simply as A. schlegeli . Given the significant geographic separation between the Angolan population and the topotypical population in Mozambique, as well as the morphological differences noted by Roux- Estève (1974), we treat the Angolan populations as a distinct subspecies until a more comprehensive review of the group is undertaken. This taxon appears to be associated with higher elevation and montane areas (Marques et al. 2018). The collected specimen had been killed by locals who regard it as highly venomous.