Pseudohaje Günther, 1858

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 376

Genus Pseudohaje Günther, 1858

Pseudohaje goldii (Boulenger, 1895) AFRICAN TREE COBRA

Naia Goldii Boulenger 1895d:34 . Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .21.43 (formerly BMNH 1895.5.3.53) (collector

W.H. Crosse). Type locality: “Territories of the Royal Niger Company , near Asaba, about 150 miles up the

Niger ” ( Boulenger 1895d:32-33) [= vincinity of Asaba, Niger River], southern Nigeria. Naia goldii : Boulenger (1915:219). Naja goldii : Parker (1936:126). Pseudohaje goldii : Bogert (1942:7), Laurent (1950a:10, 1954a:61), Hellmich (1957b:73), Spawls and Branch

(1995:84), Spawls et al. (2004:460), Chippaux (2006:230), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:590), Dobiey and

Vogel (2007:81), Wallach et al. (2014:591). Pseudohaje goldii ( Naia goldii ): Manaças (1981:28).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from west and central African forests, from Nigeria in the northwest, eastward through Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda, western Kenya, and possibly Rwanda ( Spawls et al. 2004) and southward to northern Angola. Isolated populations in the Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and possibly Togo ( Segniagbeto et al. 2011). Ocurrences in Angola (Map 338): The species occurs in the northern Angola. Lunda

Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 20.83333] ( Laurent 1950a:10, 1954a:61; Manaças 1981:28).

Kwanza Norte: “Piri-Dembos” [-8.56667,

14.50000] ( Hellmich 1957b:73; Manaças

1981:28). Kwanza Sul: “Quirimbo”

[-10.68333, 14.26667] ( Parker 1936:126; Manaças 1981:28).

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

Bogert (1942) reviewed the Genus Pseudohaje and considered the species Pseudohaje goldii

Boulenger, 1895 to be confined to West African forests. Additional distributional data on

P. goldii are presented in the maps in Spawls and Branch (1995), Spawls et al. (2004), Chippaux (2006) and Dobiey and Vogel (2007).

Broadley (1990) presented evidence refuting MAP 338. Distribution of Pseudohaje goldii in Angola.

the occurrence of P. goldii in Namibia as proposed by Mertens (1955).