Scaphiophis Peters, 1870

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 : 399

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13159758

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scientific name

Scaphiophis Peters, 1870
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Genus Scaphiophis Peters, 1870 View in CoL

Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters, 1870 View in CoL AFRICAN SHOVEL-NOSED SNAKE

Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters 1870:645 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs. 4, 4a–4c. Holotype: ZMB 6945 (collector Jahn). Type locality: “Keta ( Guinea)” [= Keta, Ghana] fide Wallach et al. 2014:650].

Scaphiophis albopunctatus View in CoL : Laurent (1950a:9), Broadley (1994:4), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:546), Wallach et al. (2014:650), Branch and Conradie (2015:200).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is from northern Zambia and southern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kenya and South Sudan in the east and Ghana in the west.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 363): The species occurs in the extreme northeast of the country in Lunda Norte Province. Lunda Norte: “Capaia” [-7.33556, 20.21681] (Branch and Conradie 2015:200); “Muita (Luembe E)” [-7.80000, 21.45000] ( Laurent 1950a:9).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: Peters’ (1870) type locality of Keta, Guinea has caused a great deal of confusion. Loveridge (1936a) accepted the locality as being “Kita, Guinea ” [= Kita, Mali]. Hughes and Barry (1969), Broadley (1994) and Wallach et al. (2014) all interpreted the locality as being Keta [= Kete], Ghana. However, there is indeed a Keta, Guinea as well, although it is small and unlikely to have been the source of Peters’ type. Further, as noted by Hughes and Barry (1969), the collector, Jahn, was based at the Bremen Mission in Keta, Ghana. Wallach et al. (2014) noted several occurrences of the species west of Ghana, the limit of the

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Loc

Scaphiophis Peters, 1870

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M. 2018
2018
Loc

Scaphiophis albopunctatus

CONRADIE, W. & W. R. BRANCH & G. WATSON 2015: 200
WALLACH V., K. L. & WILLIAMS, AND & J. BOUNDY 2014: 650
BROADLEY, D. G. 1994: 4
LAURENT, R. F. 1950: 9
1950
Loc

Scaphiophis albopunctatus

WALLACH V., K. L. & WILLIAMS, AND & J. BOUNDY 2014: 650
PETERS, W. C. H. 1870: 645
1870
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