Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 116

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scientific name	Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)
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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) View in CoL White-lipped Herald Snake

Material: NB522 (41); four unlabelled specimens in Carmira Farm’s private collection; one photographic record from Handa Farm (J. Traguedo, HF).

Comment: A widespread and common species in Angola ( Marques et al. 2018), found active at night, on the edge of Lagoa Nougalafa (= Nugarrafa, = Nongalafa).

Marques MP, Ceriaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM. 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 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.