Thrasops Hallowell, 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 : 403-404

Genus Thrasops Hallowell, 1858

Thrasops flavigularis (Hallowell, 1852) YELLOW-THROATED BOLD-EYED TREE SNAKE

Dendrophis flavigularis Hallowell 1852b:205 . Holotype: ANSP 5243 (collector H.A. Ford), lost fide Malnate (1971). Type locality: “ Liberia, Western Africa,” in error, corrected to “ Gabon ” by Loveridge (1944b:132).

Thrasops flavigularis : Peters (1877a:615), Bocage (1895a:97), Loveridge (1944c:132), Hellmich (1957b:65), Frade (1963:252), Broadley and Wallach (2002:63), Chippaux (2006:108), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:558), Wallach et al. (2014:716).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from southwestern Nigeria through extreme eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and northwestern Angola. Also on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Ocurrences in Angola ( Map 368 ): The species occurs in the northwestern Angola including the Cabinda enclave. Cabinda: “Chinchoxo” [-5.10000, 12.10000] ( Peters 1877a:615; Bocage 1895a:97; Loveridge 1944c:134); “ Cabinda ” [-5.55000, 12.18333] ( Frade 1963:252). Kwanza Norte: “Piri-Dembos” [-8.56667, 14.50000] ( Hellmich 1957b:65).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: None.

Thrasops jacksonii Günther, 1895 BLACK TREE SNAKE

Thrasops Jacksonii Günther 1895:528 . Holotype: BMNH 1946.1 .4.8 (formerly BMNH 94.2.1.7) (collector

F.J. Jackson). Type locality: “Kavirondo” [= southern Western and Nyanza provinces], Kenya. Thrasops jacksoni jacksoni : Thys van den Audenaerde (1966:33). Thrasops jacksonii : Broadley and Wallach (2002:64), Broadley et al. (2003:214), Spawls et al. (2004:365),

Chirio and LeBreton (2007:560), Wallach et al. (2014:716).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is known from southern Cameroon, east through the Congo basin and southern Central African

Republic to Uganda and western Kenya and south to northwestern Zambia, northeastern

Angola, and the former Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 369): The species occurs in northeastern Angola. Lunda

Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 20.83333] ( Thys van den Audenaerde 1966:33), “Riv. Camaiala” [-8.05000, 18.61667] ( Thys van den

Audenaerde 1966:33).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: The

Angolan records of Thys van den Audenaerde

(1966) appear to be the only confirmation of the occurrence of Thrasops jacksonii in

Angola. MAP 369. Distribution of Thrasops jacksonii in Angola.

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MAP 368. Distribution of Thrasops flavigularis in Angola.