Calabaria reinhardtii ( Schlegel, 1851 )

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 : 65-66

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Calabaria reinhardtii ( Schlegel, 1851 )
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Calabaria reinhardtii ( Schlegel, 1851) View in CoL

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Eryx reinhardtii Schlegel, 1851: 1 View in CoL . Type locality: “Côte d’or” Ghana. Restricted to Aqua Pim (Akwapim), southern Ghana ( Hughes & Barry 1969).

Calabaria fusca Gray, 1858: 155 View in CoL . Type locality: “Old Calabar, W. Africa ” Duke Town , Nigeria.

Rhoptrura reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848) : Peters, 1858: 340.

Rhoptrura petiti Sauvage, 1884: 202 View in CoL . Type locality: “l’ouest de l’Afrique”.

Calabaria reinhardti (Schlegel, 1848) : Boulenger 1893: 92.

Distribution. It ranges from Liberia to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Bioko ( Drewes et al. 1999) at Basilé, San Carlos ( Bocage 1895 a, 1903; Boulenger 1906; Capocaccia 1961a), and Musola ( Mertens 1941), and from Río Muni at Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905) and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 18B View MAPS 18 ).

Comments. The genus Calabaria is currently monotypic and has a confusing taxonomic history. It was formerly placed in Pythonidae until molecular phylogenetic analyses clarified its evolutionary history as a member of Boidae (Pyron et al. 2014) . Calabaria reinhardtii usually lives mainly inside superficial underground galleries and termite nests ( Angelici et al. 2000). Despite its secretive behaviour, it is a well known species among the local people of Equatorial Guinea (Maximiliano Fero, pers. comm.).

Specimens examined. Twenty-two specimens. Bioko: without precise locality ( MNCN 22818–22819 About MNCN ) ; San Carlos , Bioko, July 1909 ( MNCN 22820 About MNCN ) . Río Muni: Mongomo , 16 April 1986 (EBD 20794, EBD 20797, EBD 20799) ; road from Mongomo to Aconibe, 29 November 1985 ( EBD 20796) ; Mongomo (road to Añisok), 06 June 1986 ( EBD 20798) ; road from Mfaman to Niefang, 10 March 1986 ( EBD 20795) ; Miboman ( Km 27, road to Bata), 15 February 1986; Miboman (30 km from Niefang), 01 February 1987 ( EBD 25008) ; Sanduma , 27 February 1965 ( EBD 2845 View Materials ) ; 10 km before the road of Alosa from Bata, 09 May 1966 ( EBD 2846 View Materials ) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 01 August 1986 ( EBD 25007) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacon (road from Bata to Ayamiken), 01 February 1987 ( EBD 25009) , 03 February 1987 ( EBD 25010) , December 1987 (EBD 27753, EBD 27779) , September 1987 ( EBD 27484) , 1990 ( EBD 31492) ; Nvom (road from Aconibe to Asok), 08 May 1987 ( EBD 25011) ; Equatorial Guinea, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) from Cabo San Juan ( MNCN 22316 About MNCN , MNCN 22821 About MNCN ) .

Angelici, F. M., Inyang, M. A., Effah, C. & Luiselli, L. (2000) Analysis of activity patterns and habitat use of radiotracked African burrowing pythons, Calabaria reinhardtii. Israel Journal of Zoology, 46 (2), 131 - 141. https: // doi. org / 10.1560 / T 7 DW-AKLV-LNU 7 - 2 WBC

Bocage, J. V. B. (1895 a) Subsidios para a fauna da Ilha de Fernao do Po. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Segunda Serie, 4 (13), 1 - 15.

Boulenger, G. A. (1893) Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. Trustees, London, xiii + 448 pp., 28 pls.

Boulenger, G. A. (1903) Descriptions of new snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 12 (69), 350 - 354. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930308678866

Boulenger, G. A. (1905) Reptiles de la Guinee Espagnole. Memorias de la Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 1 (8), 183 - 186.

Boulenger, G. A. (1906) Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 3 (2), 196 - 216.

Capocaccia, L. (1961 a) Contributo allo studio dei serpenti delle isole del Golfo di Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 72, 285 - 309.

Drewes, R. C., Vindum, J. V. & Henwood, L. (1999) Preliminary report on a survey of the herpetofauna of Bioko; Equatorial Guinea. In: Larison, B., Smith, T. B., Girman, D., Stauffer, D., Mila, B., Drewes, R. C., Griswold, C. E., Vindum, J. V., Ubick, D., O'Keefe, K., Nguema, J. & Henwood, L. (Eds.), Biotic surveys of Bioko and Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea. Technical Report submitted to Biodiversity Support Program, 1999, pp. 58 - 61.

Gray, J. E. (1858) Description of a new genus of Boidae from Old Calabar and a list of W. African Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1858, 154 - 167. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1858. tb 06361. x

Hughes, B. & Barry, D. H. (1969) The snakes of Ghana, a checklist and key. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, 31 (3), 1004 - 1041.

Lasso, C. A., Rial, A. I., Castroviejo, J. & De la Riva, I. (2002) Herpetofauna del Parque Nacional de Monte Alen (Rio Muni, Guinea Ecuatorial). Graellsia, 58, 21 - 34. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / graellsia. 2002. v 58. i 2.276

Mertens, R. (1941) Zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna von Fernando Poo. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 135, 275 - 281.

Peters, W. C. H. (1858) Uber eine neue Schlangengattung, Rhoptrura. Monatsberichte der Koniglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1858, 340 - 341.

Sauvage, H. E. (1884) Notice sur une collection de reptiles et de poisons recueillie a Majumba, Congo. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 9, 199 - 204.

Schlegel, H. (1851) Description d'une nouvelle espece du genre Eryx, Eryx reinhardtii. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 3 (1), 1 - 3. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 26660644 - 00301001

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FIGURE 16. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Calabaria reinhardtii (A) (MNCN 22820), Dasypeltis fasciata (B) (MNCN 46190), and Dipsadoboa duchesnii (C) (EBD 20790). Photos: AS-V.

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MAPS 18 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Varanus niloticus; (B) Calabaria reinhardtii; (C) Dasypeltis fasciata.

EBD

Estacion Biologica de Donana

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Boidae

Genus

Calabaria