Boaedon capensis Dumeril & Bibron, 1854

Conradie, Werner, Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Engelbrecht, Hanlie M., Loader, Simon P., Menegon, Michele, Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristovao, Scott, Michael & Tolley, Krystal A., 2016, Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (2), pp. 163-180 : 172

Boaedon capensis Dumeril & Bibron, 1854

Material

Mt. M’pàluwé ( PEM R21229 , male 147 SVL + 98 mm TL) .

Comments

A female specimen donated by a local, presumably obtained from near Ribáuè town. We follow Portik et al. (2013a) and refer to this specimen as capensis , rather than fuliginosus, based on general colouration.