Hapsidophrys smaragdinus (Schlegel, 1837)

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Tando Zinze; –5.306833, 12.498538; 32 m a.s.l.; P1.144; GenBank: PQ455974 .

Identification. The species can be distinguished from its congeners by having divided subcaudals and fewer than 175 ventral scales (Chippaux and Jackson 2019). The specimen reported here differs by ∼1% (16S p -distance) from other specimens from Mount Kupe, Cameroon (GenBank: KX671734) and Rabi, Gabon (GenBank: AY611875).

Biology and distribution. The species is widely distributed in West, Central and East Africa from Senegal to Kenya in the east and the Congo River mouth in the DRC and south to northern Angola (Chippaux and Jackson 2019). In Cabinda Province the specimen was found in degraded lowland riparian forest.