Grayia smythii ( Leach, 1818 )

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 : 90

Grayia smythii ( Leach, 1818)

Figure 23A

Coluber smythii Leach, 1818: 409 . Type locality: “near Embomma”, Boma , Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Coluber laevis Hallowell, 1844: 118 . Type locality: Africa.

Coronella triangularis Hallowell, 1854b . Type locality: Western Africa .

Grayia silurophaga Günther, 1858: 51 . Type locality: West Africa .

Grayia smythii ( Leach, 1818) : Günther 1895: 525

Distribution. Broadly distributed across sub-saharan Africa, from Senegal at the West to Kenya and Tanzania at the East, extending southward to Angola. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 25B ).

Comments. Notes regarding the type specimen/s and versions of the specific epithet are provided by Wallach et al. (2014) and Marques et al. (2018). A freshwater species recorded in the streams of Monte Alén National Park in Río Muni ( Lasso et al. 2002).

Specimens examined. Two specimens. Río Muni: Miboman, (Km 27, road from Movo to Bata) 15 November 1986 ( EBD 20926); San Joaquín de Ndyiacom ( EBD 31510) .

Figures

FIGURE 23. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Grayia smythii (A) (EBD 31510), Hydraethiops melanogaster (B) (EBD 27739), and Natriciteres fuliginoides (C) (MNCN 23814). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 25 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Grayia ornata; (B) Grayia smythii; (C) Afronatrix anoscopus (question mark represents an imprecise record).