Atractaspis reticulata Sjöstedt, 1896

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 : 99

Atractaspis reticulata Sjöstedt, 1896

Figure 25B

Atractaspis reticulata Sjöstedt, 1896: 516 . Type locality: “ Kamerun, Ekundu”, Cameroon (in error), corrected to Okundi, Nigeria ( Chirio & LeBreton 2007).

Atractaspis heterochilus Boulenger, 1901: 13 . Type locality: “environs d’Albertville, sur le Tanganika”, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Atractaspis reticulata brieni Laurent, 1956b: 256 . Type locality: Ipamu , Democratic Rpeublic of the Congo.

Distribution. This species ranges from Nigeria to Tanzania. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 28B ).

Comments. The subspecies currently recognized in Equatorial Guinea is A. reticulata heterochilus Boulenger, 1901 ( Laurent 1950; Lasso et al. 2002).

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Miboman , Km 27, road from Bata to Movo, 15 February 1986 ( EBD 20937) .

Figures

FIGURE 25. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Atractaspis corpulenta (A) (EBD 29751), Atractaspis reticulata (B) (EBD 20937), and Dendroaspis jamesoni (C) (EBD_no number). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 28 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Atractaspis corpulenta; (B) Atractaspis reticulata; (C) Poecilopholis cameronensis.