Tricheilostoma sundewalli ( Jan, 1862 )

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 : 120-123

Tricheilostoma sundewalli ( Jan, 1862)

Stenostoma (Tricheilostoma) sundewalli Jan, 1862: 191 . Type locality: unknown. Designated as West Africa (Jan & Sordelli 1861).

Glauconia gestri Boulenger, 1906: 15 . Type locality: “Fernando Po (Basilé and Musola, 400-700m.)… Buea , Cameroon ”.

Leptotyphlops sundevalli ( Jan, 1862) : Villiers 1950: 55.

Guinea sundewalli ( Jan, 1862) : Adalsteinsson et al. 2009: 11.

Distribution. This species extends from Ghana to southwestern Central African Republic. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Basilé and Musola ( Boulenger 1906) ( Map 35B ).

Comments. The specimens from Bioko (Basilé and Musola) examined by Boulenger (1906), together with an additional specimen from Cameroun (Buea), represent the syntypes of Glauconia gestri Boulenger, 1906 , currently a synonym of T. sundewalli .

Specimens examined. No specimens have been found in the examined collections.

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MAPS 35 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Myriopholis perreti; (B) Tricheilostoma sundewalli; (C) Afrotyphlops angolensis (question mark represents an imprecise record).