Naja (Boulengerina) multifasciata ( Werner, 1902 )

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 : 102-103

Naja (Boulengerina) multifasciata ( Werner, 1902)

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Naia multifasciata Werner, 1902: 347 . Type locality: “der oberen Maringa.”; upper Moringa or Tshuapa River, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Naja anomala Sternfeld, 1917: 482 . Type locality: “Assobam-Urwald” southern Cameroon.

Elapechis duttoni Boulenger, 1904: 15 . Type locality: “near Leopoldville”, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Paranaja multifasciata ( Werner, 1902) : Harding & Welch 1980.

Naja multifasciata ( Werner, 1902) : Wüster et al. 2007: 445.

Boulengerina multifasciata ( Werner, 1902) : Wallach et al. 2014: 121

Distribution. This species ranges from Cameroon to western Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it had never been recorded ( Map 30A ).

Comments. We provide the first record of N. multifasciata for Equatorial Guinea.

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Nvom (road from Aconibe to Asoc), 08 May 1987 ( EBD 25064) .

Figures

FIGURE 26. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Naja (Boulengerina) melanoleuca (A) (MNCN 22693), Naja (Boulengerina) multifasciata (C) (EBD 25054), and Pseudohaje goldii (EBD 20803). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 30 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Naja (Boulengerina) multifasciata; (B) Pseudohaje goldii; (C) Boaedon olivaceus.