Monopeltis galeata ( Hallowell, 1852 )

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 : 61

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Monopeltis galeata ( Hallowell, 1852) View in CoL

Phractogonus galeatus Hallowell, 1852: 62 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Liberia, West Coast of Africa”; corrected to “Gaboon Country, West Africa” by Hallowell (1857).

Monopeltis (Phractogonus) magnipartitus Peters, 1879b: 276 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Angeblich von dem Gabun ”.

Lepidosternum galeatum ( Hallowell, 1852) View in CoL : Strauch 1881: 121 (emendation).

Lepidosternum dumerilii Strauch, 1881: 122 View in CoL . Type locality: “ West Afrika ( Gabon)”.

Lepidostenon magnipartitum Strauch, 1881: 124 View in CoL (emendation).

Monopeltis galeata ( Hallowell, 1852) View in CoL : Boulenger, 1885: 384.

Monopeltis unirostralis Mocquard, 1903: 210 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Gabon ”.

Monopeltis boveei Mocquard, 1903: 211 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Fernand Vaz ( Congo français)”.

Distribution. Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Corisco ( Gans & Lehman 1973) ( Map 16B View MAPS 16 ).

Comments. The genus Monopeltis is sister to the South African genus Dalophia (Gray, 1865) ( Measey & Tolley 2013) . The phylogenetic relationships of M. galeata in relation to other congeneric species remain unknown. A comprehensive revision of this species was provided by Gans & Lehman (1973). The single known specimen of M. galeata from Equatorial Guinea (Corisco Island), currently held at the ANSP and labelled as ANSP 9682, is a possible paralectotype ( Gans & Lehman 1973).

Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.

References

Boulenger, G. A. (1885) Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. The Trustees of the British Museum, London, xiv + 436 pp., 32 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.1038 / 032049 a 0

Gans, C. & Lehman, G. C. (1973) Studies on amphisbaenians (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). 5. The species of Monopeltis from north of the River Zaire. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 669, 1 - 34.

Hallowell, E. (1852) On a new genus and two new species of African serpents. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1852, 203 - 205.

Hallowell, E. (1857) Notice of a collection of reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 9 (3), 48 - 72.

Measey, G. J. & Tolley, K. A. (2013) A molecular phylogeny for sub-Saharan amphisbaenians. African Journal of Herpetology, 62 (2), 100 - 108. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21564574.2013.824927

Mocquard, F. (1903) Notes herpetologiques. I. Description d'especes nouvelles de la collection du Museum. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 9 (5), 209 - 220. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 25586

Peters, W. C. H. (1879 b) Uber die Amphisbaenen und eine zu denselben gehorige neue Art (Lepidosternon Wuchereri). Monatsberichte der Koniglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1879, 273 - 277.

Strauch, A. (1881) Bemerkungen uber die Eidechsenfamilie der Amphisbaeniden. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 28, 45 - 131.