Letheobia caeca ( Duméril, 1856 )

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 : 127

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scientific name	Letheobia caeca ( Duméril, 1856 )
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Letheobia caeca ( Duméril, 1856) View in CoL

Figure 31C View FIGURE 31

Onychocephalus caecus Duméril, 1856: 462 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Gabon ”.

Letheobia caeca ( Duméril, 1856) : Cope 1868: 322.

Rhinotyphlops caecus ( Duméril, 1856) : Roux-Estève 1974: 210.

Distribution. It occurs from Nigeria and Cameroon to Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko ( Roux-Estève 1974) and in Río Muni (North-west), likely at Bata ( Roux-Estève 1974), and at Monte Alén National Park as L. wittei ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 36C View MAPS 36 ).

Comments. The specimen identified as L. wittei and recorded by Lasso et al. (2002), currently housed in the EBD collection, was re-identified as L. caeca .

Specimens examined. One specimen. Río Muni: Monte Alén National Park (in the EBD collection, without EBD number).

References

Dumeril, A. H. A. (1856) Note sur les reptiles du Gabon. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee, Paris, Series 2, 8, 369 - 377 + 417 - 424 + 460 - 470 + 553 - 562.

Lasso, C. A., Rial, A. I., Castroviejo, J. & De la Riva, I. (2002) Herpetofauna del Parque Nacional de Monte Alen (Rio Muni, Guinea Ecuatorial). Graellsia, 58, 21 - 34. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / graellsia. 2002. v 58. i 2.276

Roux-Esteve, R. (1974) Revision systematique des Typhlopidae d'Afrique, Reptilia-Serpentes. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie A, 87, 1 - 313.

Figures

FIGURE 31. From left to right: lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the head of: Afrotyphlops congestus “blotched phenotype” (A) (MNCN 23354), Afrotyphlops congestus “striped phenotype” (B) (EBD 31531), and Letheobia caeca (C) (in the EBD collection, without EBD number). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 36 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Afrotyphlops congestus; (B) Indotyphlops braminus; (C) Letheobia caeca (question mark represents an imprecise record).