Bitis nasicornis ( Shaw & Nodder, 1792 )

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 : 133

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Bitis nasicornis ( Shaw & Nodder, 1792)

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Coluber nasicornis Shaw & Nodder, 1792 : pl. 94, 3 pp. Type locality: “interior parts of Africa”. Restricted to coast of Guinea by Reinhardt (1843) and Ghana fide Hughes & Barry (1969).

Vipera hexacera Duméril, 1854: 1416 . Type locality: Liberia dans l’Afrique occidentale ( Guinée).

Bitis nasicornis ( Shaw & Nodder, 1792) : Boulenger 1915: 222.

Distribution. This species ranges over the forests from Guinea in West Africa to Rwanda in East Africa and southward to the Republic of the Congo and Zambia. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko ( Boulenger 1896; Bocage 1903; Drewes et al. 1999) at Natividad (Hacienda Natividad) ( Bocage 1895a), Moka ( Boulenger 1906; Mertens 1941, 1964; Capocaccia 1961a), Bahía de San Carlos ( Capocaccia 1961a), and Musola ( Mertens 1941; Capocaccia 1961a), and in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002), including Monte Mitra ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) ( Map 38C View MAPS 38 ).

Comments. As in the case of B. gabonica , in Equatorial Guinea this species is hunted and consumed by local people ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005).

Specimens examined. Twenty-seven specimens. Río Muni: Bata, 28 August 1983 ( EBD 20763) ; “ Masasinga ”, Río Muni (locality not found) ( MNCN 21684 About MNCN ) ; Miboman , 03 September 1984 ( EBD 20166), 18 June 1984 ( EBD 20267), 01 September 1984 (EBD 20262, EBD 20264), 06 September 1985 ( EBD 20761), December 1987 ( EBD 27786), 01 September 1984 ( EBD 20263–20265 View Materials ), 29 July 1985 ( EBD 20760), 09 April 1986 ( EBD 20765) ; Miboman , 30 km from Bata, 19 October 1985 ( EBD 20766) ; Mikan , road from Bata to Niefang, 21 November 1987 ( EBD 2783 View Materials ) ; Moca , 24 July 1984 ( EBD 20268) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 03 February 1987 ( EBD 25122) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom (road from Bata to Ayamiken), September 1987 ( EBD 27801–27802 View Materials ) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 25 June 1987 ( EBD 27804–27805 View Materials ), September 1987 ( EBD 27795) ; Playa Asonga , Bata, 25 August 1984 ( EBD 18357) ; no specific locality ( EBD 25177) . Bioko : without specific locality ( MNCN 22777–22778 About MNCN ) ; Malabo , 1933 ( MNCN 22779 About MNCN ) .