Limaformosa Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart,, 2018

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 : 335-336

Genus Limaformosa Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart,

Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou and Greenbaum, 2018

Limaformosa capensis (Smith, 1847) SOUTHERN FILE SNAKE

Heterolepis capensis Smith 1847a : pl. 55, first of two accompanying unnumbered text pages. Holotype: lost fide FitzSimons (1937). Neotype: BMNH 1891.9 .15.9 (donated by W.L. Sclater, SAM), designated by

Broadley (2005) fide Lanza and Broadley (2014:90). Holotype locality: “eastern districts of the Cape

Colony” [= South Africa], locality rejected by Broadley (2005); Neotype locality: “ Delagoa Bay ”

[= Maputo Bay, Maputo Province], Mozambique. Simocephalus capensis : Monard (1937b:111, 119). Mehelya capensis capensis : Loveridge (1939:143, 1957:253), Laurent (1964a:94), Branch and McCartney

(1992:2), Broadley and Cotterill (2004:48). Mehelya capensis : Broadley (2005:232), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:476), Wallach et al. (2014:424). Gonionotophis capensis : Kelly et al. (2011:424), Lanza and Broadley (2014:90). Limaformosa capensis : Broadley et al. (2018:5).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Least Concern.

Global distribution: The species is known from Southeastern Africa, north to eastern Angola and Zambia, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (former Katanga Province), Malawi and southeastern Tanzania as far north as the eastern Usambara Mountains.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 294): The species is known from the southeastern part of the country. Moxico: “Rives du lac Calundo, 105

km à l’est de Luso (Lake Calundo) ”

[-11.80000, 20.86667] ( Laurent 1964a:94).

Huíla: “Vila-da-Ponte” [-14.46667, 16.30000]

( Monard 1937b:113, 119; Loveridge

1939:144). Cuando Cubango: “vinicity of

Cuito Cuanavale - approximately 14 km NE of

Mapupa” [-17.38333, 20.08333] (Branch and

McCartney 1992:2).

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

Wallach et al. (2014) credited Lanza and

Broadley (2014) with the neotype designation,

but this was originally proposed by Broadley

(2005). Kelly et al. (2011) argued that

Gonionotophis is the appropriate name for species previously assigned to Mehelya Csiki,

1903, but more recently Broadley et al. (2018)

erected the new genus Limaformosa , with MAP 294. Distribution of Limaformosa capensis in capensis as its type species. Records from Angola.

further north in Central Africa ( Chippaux 2006; Chirio and LeBreton 2007) require confirmation ( Wallach et al. 2014).

Limaformosa vernayi ( Bogert, 1940) ANGOLA FILE SNAKE

Mehelya vernayi Bogert 1940:28 , figs. 1a–e, 2. Holotype: AMNH 51795 (collector A.S. Vernay, H. Lang and R. Boulton). Type locality: “Hanha” [ Hanha do Norte ], Benguela Province, southwestern Angola.

Mehelya vernayi : Broadley (1990:99), Haacke

(1981:221), Branch (1998:79), Wallach et al.

(2014:427).

Gonionotophis vernayi : Kelly et al. (2011:425).

Limaformosa vernayi : Broadley et al. (2018:5).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not

Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from western Angola and northern

Namibia.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 295): The species has only been recorded from the type locality “Hanha” in Benguela Province ,

although is probably more widespread species in the western Angola. Benguela: “Hanha”

[-12.25000, 13.75000] ( Bogert 1940:29;

Haacke 1981:221; Wallach et al. 2014:427).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: See MAP 295. Distribution of Limaformosa vernayi in Limaformosa capensis . Angola.