Rhamnophis Günther, 1862

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 : 398-399

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scientific name	Rhamnophis Günther, 1862
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Genus Rhamnophis Günther, 1862 View in CoL

Rhamnophis aethiopissa Günther, 1862 LARGE-EYED GREEN TREE SNAKE View in CoL

Rhamnophis aethiopissa Günther 1862:129 View in CoL , pl. 10. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .4.99 (formerly BMNH 61.12.30.61) (don. Capt. R.H. Beddome). Type locality: “ West Africa. ”

Rhamnophis ituriensis Schmidt (1923:81 View in CoL , fig. 4). Holotype: AMNH R-12505 (collector H. Lang and J.P. Chapin). Type locality: “Niapu” ( Schmidt 1923:81-82), Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rhamnophis aethiopissa View in CoL : Boulenger (1915:206), Roux-Estève (1965:65), Broadley and Howell (1991:66),

Broadley and Wallach (2002:64), Spawls et al. (2004:366), Wallach et al. (2014:633). Rhamnophis aethiopissa aethiopissa View in CoL : Hellmich (1957b:66). Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis View in CoL : Laurent (1950a:8, 1954a:50, 1964a:108), Thys van den Audenaerde

(1966:33). Tharsops aethiopissa : Chippaux (2006:109).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from Guinea east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, and western

Kenya, and south to northern Angola and northwestern Zambia.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 362): The species occurs in the northern Angola including the Cabinda enclave. Lunda Norte: “Dundo”

[-7.36667, 20.83333] ( Laurent 1954a:50,

1964a:108); “sur un arbuste dans la forêt des sources de la Mussungue (affluent de la Luachimo) près de Dundo” [-7.41667, 20.83333] GoogleMaps

( Laurent 1950a:8, Thys van den Audenaerde

1966:33); “Calonda, Camissombo” [-8.41667,

20.53333] ( Laurent 1964a:108). Kwanza

Norte: “Piri-Dembos” [-8.56667, 14.50000]

( Hellmich 1957b:66).