Grayia smythii (Leach, 1818)

Santos, Bruna S., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2021, Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection, Zootaxa 5028 (1), pp. 1-80 : 34

Grayia smythii (Leach, 1818)

Material (one specimen): One adult specimen (MHNCUP/ REP 196 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-017398; Fig. S73 ), collected from Cambondo [-9.16349º, 14.66432º, 394 m a.s.l.] Kwanza Norte Province, date unknown .

Comments: Grayia smythii is a species found north into southern Sudan, Lake Victoria west to Senegal and southwest to northern Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). The label present in the jar reads “ Grayia smithi ” but has no information about its collecting locality. Ferreira (1906) cited a specimen from “Cambondo” which most likely represents this specimen. It is considered a rare species in the country with a limited number of records ( Branch 2018; Marques et al. 2018).

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FIGURE S73. Specimen of Grayia smythii (MHNCUP/REP 196), from Cambondo. Photo by Bruna Santos.