Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020

Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020 . Type locality: “Moka road (3.38844º, 8.65878º, 1296 m), Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea ”.

Distribution. Endemic to Bioko.

Comments. This species is currently known from two female specimens. The first one was reported from Moka (3.35081º, 8.66254º) by Capocaccia (1961a) as Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854), but highlighting its singular morphological traits; this specimen represents the species’ paratype. The second one was recently reported and designated as the holotype of A. hetfieldi (Ceríaco et al. 2020a) (Map 37C).

Specimens examined. No specimen of this taxon was found in the examined collections.