Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1892)

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 : 59

Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1892)

Acontias elegans Hallowell, 1854: 64 . Type locality: “ Liberia ” or “ Gabon ” (see Schmidt [1919] and Brygoo & Roux-Estève [1983]).

Sphenorhina elegans (Hallowell, 1854) : Hallowell 1857: 52.

Anelytrops elegans (Hallowell, 1854) : Bocage 1866a: 45.

Feylinia elegans (Hallowell, 1854) : Schmidt 1919: 605.

Distribution. With the exception of the dubious type locality from Liberia in West Africa, this species is widespread across Central Africa, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Bata ( Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1983) ( Map 15B ).

Comments. A specimen from Bata is drawn in Brygoo & Roux-Estève (1983), labelled as MNHN 90.359 and housed in the French National Museum of Natural History (MNHN).

Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.

Figures

MAPS 15 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Feylinia currori; (B) Feylinia elegans; (C) Melanoseps occidentalis.