Afronatrix anoscopus (Cope, 1861)

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 : 94

Afronatrix anoscopus (Cope, 1861)

Tropidonotus anoscopus Cope, 1861c: 299 . Type locality: “ Cuba ” in error fide Loveridge (1941); corrected to Liberia ( Loveridge 1941).

Tropidonotus ferox Günther, 1863: 355 . Type locality: “ Fernando Po ”, Bioko .

Natrix anoscopus (Cope, 1861) : Cope 1892b: 673.

Helicops gendrii Boulenger, 1910: 512 . Type locality: “ Labé , French Guinea ”.

Natrix firestonei Taylor & Weyer, 1958: 1210 . Type locality: Liberia.

Afronatrix anoscopus (Cope, 1861) : Rossman & Eberle 1977: 42.

Distribution. This species ranges from Senegal to Cameroon. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko ( Günther 1863a; Boulenger 1893; Bocage 1903) ( Map 25C ).

Comments. There are no precise localities for this species in Equatorial Guinea. The genus Afronatrix is sister to the clade comprising Hydraethiops Günther, 1872 and Helophis Witte & Laurent, 1942 ( Deepak et al. 2021).

Specimens examined. No specimens have been found in the examined collections.

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MAPS 25 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Grayia ornata; (B) Grayia smythii; (C) Afronatrix anoscopus (question mark represents an imprecise record).