Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009

Zootaxa, 2113:44; Figs. 2–7.

Holotype: PEM R17901; main forest camp, Mount Mabu (16°17’12”S, 36°24’14”E; 1000 m a.s.l.), Mozambique; local hunter, 20 October 2008.

Paratypes (3): a) PEM R17902; same locality as holotype; T. Timberlake, 20 October 2008 . b) PEM R17903; same locality as holotype; J. Bayliss, 20 October 2008 . c) PEM R17904; Khara Forest (lower end on Manho Forest) (15°24’39.9”S, 37°02’16.5”E; 1550 m a.s.l.), Mount Namuli, Zambezia Province, Mozambique; C. Congdon, 20 November 2008 .

Remarks. All specimens with a mid-ventral incision. One paratype (PEM R1902) is badly preserved with four ventral incisions. Menegon et al. (2014) provided genetic sequences for this species (see Table 2).