Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882

Santos, Bruna S., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2021, Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903 – 1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection, Zootaxa 5028 (1), pp. 1-80 : 33

Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882

Material (one specimen): One adult (MHNCUP/ REP 175 , formerly UP-MHNFCP-094980; Fig. S68 ), collected from Mossamedes [=Moçâmedes] [-15.20000º, 12.15000º, 24 m a.s.l.] Namibe Province, date unknown .

Comments: Psammophis subtaeniatus occurs from southern Angola and northern Namibia all the way to western Mozambique, as well as eastern Eswatini and northeastern South Africa ( Marques et al. 2018). This is the first published record for the coastal region of Namibe Province. Recently, Butler et al. (2019) and Baptista et al. (2019) reported specimens from Huila Province, namely “Bicuar National Park, Matunto” and “Carmira Farm”, respectively.

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FIGURE S68. Specimen of Psammophis subtaeniatus (MHNCUP/REP 175), from Moçâmedes. Photo by Bruna Santos.