Lacertaspis rohdei ( Müller, 1910 )

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 : 44-47

Lacertaspis rohdei ( Müller, 1910)

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Lygosoma rohdei Müller, 1910: 585 . Type locality: “Dibongo bei Edea”, Edéa , Dibongo, Cameroon.

Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) digitatum Chabanaud, 1917a: 97 . Type locality: Lambaréné , Gabon.

Riopa rohdei ( Müller, 1910) : Mertens 1968: 77.

Panaspis rohdei ( Müller, 1910) : Fuhn 1972: 263.

Leptosiaphos (Lacertaspis) rohdei ( Müller, 1910) : Broadley 1989: 441.

Lacertaspis rohdei ( Müller, 1910) : Perret 1975.

Distribution. It extends across Central Africa, from Cameroon to Gabon and Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002) ( Map 11B ).

Comments. There are no records of Lacertaspis rohdei in Bioko. Mertens (1968) found colour differences between the populations of L. rohdei from Mt. Cameroon and Mt. Kupe. As Mertens (1968) did not compare nor mention specimens of L. rohdei from Bioko in his work, it seems that the reference to Mertens (1968) made by Schmitz et al. (2005) is a mistake.

Specimens examined. Two specimens. Río Muni: imprecise locality (from Nsork , Nvom or Campo River), 1986–1987 ( EBD 25052_B-4925, EBD 25055) .

Figures

FIGURE 10. From left to right: dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of: Lacertaspis gemmiventris (A) (EBD 18604) showing a uniform pattern, Lacertaspis reichenowii (B) (EBD 25054), and Lacertaspis rohdei (C) (EBD 25055). Photos: AS- V.

FIGURE 11. From left to right: dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of: Lacertaspis rohdei (A) (EBD 25052), Panaspis breviceps (B) (EBD 31521_B-9523), and Panaspis annobonensis (C) (EBD 23583). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 11 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Lacertaspis reichenowii; (B) Lacertaspis rohdei; (C) Leptosiaphos cf. vigintiserierum.