Atractaspis corpulenta (Hallowell, 1854)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 99

Atractaspis corpulenta (Hallowell, 1854)

Figure 25A

Brachycranion corpulentum Hallowell, 1854b: 99 . Type locality: “ Liberia, W. coast of Africa” in error fide Hughes & Barry (1969). Corrected to Gabon ( Hallowell 1857).

Atractaspis corpulentus ( Hallowell, 1854a) : Hallowell 1857: 70

Atractaspis leucura Mocquard, 1885: 15 . Type locality: “Assinie” Ivory Coast.

Atractaspis corpulenta kivuensis Laurent, 1958: 127 . Type locality: “ Rivière Bibugwa , Kivu ”.

Distribution. It extends from Guinea in West Africa to the eastern of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it had never been recorded ( Map 28A ).

Comments. We provide the first record of A. corpulenta for Equatorial Guinea.

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Miboman, 1988 ( EBD 29751) .

Figures

FIGURE 25. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Atractaspis corpulenta (A) (EBD 29751), Atractaspis reticulata (B) (EBD 20937), and Dendroaspis jamesoni (C) (EBD_no number). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 28 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Atractaspis corpulenta; (B) Atractaspis reticulata; (C) Poecilopholis cameronensis.