Thrasops batesii Boulenger, 1908

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Thrasops batesii Boulenger, 1908

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Thrasops batesii Boulenger, 1908: 93 . Type locality: “ Efulen and Akok , Kribi River district, and Ja River district ”, Cameroon.

Rhamnophis batesii (Boulenger, 1908) : Schmidt 1923: 83.

Distribution. It ranges from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 23B ).

Comments. Treated by some authors within the genus Rhamnophis Günther, 1862 (see Chippaux & Jackson 2019 for a discussion).

Specimens examined. Three specimens. Río Muni: Miboman (30 km from Niefang), 01 February 1987 ( EBD 25035); Miboman (Km 27, road from Bata to Niefang) October 1987 ( EBD 27732); San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 1990 [B9574; shared label ( EBD 31495) with two specimens of Thelotornis kirtlandii ] .

Figures

FIGURE 20. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Thelotornis kirtlandii (A) (MNCN 23261), Thrasops aethiopissa (B) (EBD 20821), and Thrasops batesii (C) (EBD 27732). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 23 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Thrasops aethiopissa; (B) Thrasops batesii; (C) Thrasops flavigularis.