Chamaelycus fasciatus ( Günther, 1858 )

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 : 113

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scientific name	Chamaelycus fasciatus ( Günther, 1858 )
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Chamaelycus fasciatus ( Günther, 1858) View in CoL

Figure 28B View FIGURE 28

Alopecion fasciatum Günther, 1858: 196 View in CoL . Type locality: “ West Africa ”.

Lycophidium fasciatum ( Günther, 1858) : Boulenger 1893: 342.

Oophilositum fasciatum ( Günther, 1858) : Parker 1933: 545.

Chamaelycus fasciatus ( Günther, 1858) View in CoL : Witte 1963: 635.

Distribution. It extends from Senegal to the East of Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been reported in Bioko at Bahía de San Carlos and Musola ( Boulenger 1906; Capocaccia 1961a) ( Map 32B View MAPS 32 ).

Comments. We provide the first record of this species for Río Muni.

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, October 1987 (EBD 27765).

References

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. (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.

Gunther, A. (1858) Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes of the British Museum. Trustees, London, XVI + 281 pp.

Parker, H. W. (1933) Some West African snakes. Journal of Natural History, 12 (71), 544 - 548. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933308673718

Witte, G. F. (1963) The colubrid snake genera Chamaelycus Boulenger and Oophilositum Parker. Copeia, 1963 (4), 634 - 636. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1440964

Figures

FIGURE 28. Bothrophthalmus brunneus (A) (EBD 20922): from left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head; Chamaelycus fasciatus (B) (EBD 27765) from left to right: complete specimen and dorsal view of the head, respectively; Gonionotophis brussauxi (C) (without EBD number, from Río Muni). Photos: AS-V.