Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1851)

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Eryx reinhardtii Schlegel, 1851: 1 . Type locality: “Côte d’or” Ghana. Restricted to Aqua Pim (Akwapim), southern Ghana (Hughes & Barry 1969).

Calabaria fusca Gray, 1858: 155 . Type locality: “Old Calabar, W. Africa ” Duke Town, Nigeria.

Rhoptrura reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848): Peters, 1858: 340.

Rhoptrura petiti Sauvage, 1884: 202 . Type locality: “l’ouest de l’Afrique”.

Calabaria reinhardti (Schlegel, 1848): Boulenger 1893: 92.

Distribution. It ranges from Liberia to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded from Bioko (Drewes et al. 1999) at Basilé, San Carlos (Bocage 1895 a, 1903; Boulenger 1906; Capocaccia 1961a), and Musola (Mertens 1941), and from Río Muni at Cabo San Juan (Boulenger 1905) and Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) (Map 18B).

Comments. The genus Calabaria is currently monotypic and has a confusing taxonomic history. It was formerly placed in Pythonidae until molecular phylogenetic analyses clarified its evolutionary history as a member of Boidae (Pyron et al. 2014) . Calabaria reinhardtii usually lives mainly inside superficial underground galleries and termite nests (Angelici et al. 2000). Despite its secretive behaviour, it is a well known species among the local people of Equatorial Guinea (Maximiliano Fero, pers. comm.).

Specimens examined. Twenty-two specimens. Bioko: without precise locality (MNCN 22818–22819) ; San Carlos, Bioko, July 1909 (MNCN 22820) . Río Muni: Mongomo, 16 April 1986 (EBD 20794, EBD 20797, EBD 20799) ; road from Mongomo to Aconibe, 29 November 1985 (EBD 20796) ; Mongomo (road to Añisok), 06 June 1986 (EBD 20798) ; road from Mfaman to Niefang, 10 March 1986 (EBD 20795) ; Miboman ( Km 27, road to Bata), 15 February 1986; Miboman (30 km from Niefang), 01 February 1987 (EBD 25008) ; Sanduma, 27 February 1965 (EBD 2845) ; 10 km before the road of Alosa from Bata, 09 May 1966 (EBD 2846) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 01 August 1986 (EBD 25007) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacon (road from Bata to Ayamiken), 01 February 1987 (EBD 25009) , 03 February 1987 (EBD 25010), December 1987 (EBD 27753, EBD 27779), September 1987 (EBD 27484), 1990 (EBD 31492); Nvom (road from Aconibe to Asok), 08 May 1987 (EBD 25011) ; Equatorial Guinea, likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) from Cabo San Juan (MNCN 22316, MNCN 22821) .