Feylinia currori Gray, 1845

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 : 57

Feylinia currori Gray, 1845

Figure 14A

Feylinia currori Gray, 1845: 129 . Type locality: “ Angola ”.

Distribution. Widely distributed in Central Africa. It extends from Sierra Leone to western Kenya at Kakamega forest. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni ( Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1983) at Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905), Bata and Benito River ( Wagner & Schmitz 2006) and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 15A ).

Comments. The examined specimen (MNCN 23911), a juvenile, presents 22 scale rows at mid-body and the third supralabial contacting the eye. These traits correspond to those of F. currori . Brygoo & Roux-Estève (1983) reviewed this genus and Wagner & Schmitz (2006) updated the geographic distribution of F. currori . Lasso et al. (2002) reported a single specimen in a cultivated field of Monte Alén National Park.

Specimens examined. One specimen. Gulf of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, without specific locality, but likely from Cabo San Juan as part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) (MNCN 23911).

Figures

FIGURE 14. From left to right: dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of: Feylinia currori (A) (MNCN 23911), Monopeltis jugularis (B) (EBD 02842), and Gastropholis echinata (C) (MNCN 6231). Photos: AS-V.

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