Bitis rubida Branch, 1997

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 1-45 : 34

Bitis rubida Branch, 1997

South African Journal of Zoology, 32(2):38; Fig. 1 .

Holotype: PEM R12582; Jeep track above Farm Driehoek (32°25’44”S, 19°12’30”E; 3219AC; 1380 m a.s.l.), Cedarberg [=Cederberg] Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; S.A. Botha, 3 September 1986.

Paratype (5): a) PEM R4457 ; Crystal Pool (32°20’55”S, 19°08’10”E; 3219AC; 1340 m a.s.l.), Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; S.A. Botha, April 1985 . b) PEM R12583; Welbedacht (32°25’45”S, 19°11’00”E; 3219AC), Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; J. van Deventer, October 1988 . c) PEM R12581, on footpath from hut to Crystal Pool (32°20’55”S, 19°06’49”E; 3219AC; 1320 m a.s.l.), Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; S. A. Botha, 2 September 1986 . d) PEM R5048 (formerly CDNEC 10193 ); Cederberg (village) (approx. 32°32’S, 19°16’E; 3219CB), 30 km from Algeria forestery station Western Cape Province, South Africa; M. Burger, 17 May 1990 . e) PEM R8861 ; 3 km N of Veepos (32°58’10’S, 19°3’4”E; 3219CC), Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area , Western Cape Province, South Africa; J. van Deventer, 2 March 1994 .

Remarks. All the type material is in good condition, except PEM R5048 (road kill). One paratype is listed as being in SAM (SAM 46282).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Family Chamaeleonidae: A—Holotype of Bradypodion atromontanum (PEM R5774), B—Holotype of Bradypodion ngomeense (PEM R16621), C—Neotype of Chamaeleo gutturalis (PEM R5990), D—Holotype of Lophosaura ventralis var. karrooica (PEM R8924), E—Syntype of Lophosaura melanocephla kentanica (PEM R16100), F—Holotype of Kinyongia mulyai (PEM R19199), G—Holotype of Nadzikambia baylissi (PEM R18055), H—Holotype of Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) bruessoworum (PEM R20375), I—Holotype of Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) nebulauctor (PEM R17278), J— Holotype of Rhampholeon tilburyi (PEM R14921), K—Holotype of Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) hattinghi (PEM R19194), L—Holotype of Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) maspictus (PEM R18072). All scale bars are 1 cm.