Dipsadoboa duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901)

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Leptodira duchesnii Boulenger, 1901b: 10 . Type locality: restricted by lectotype designation to “Mandungu, Itimbiri River, Congo-Kinshasa”. Mandongo, North-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Hughes & Barry 1969).

Dipsodomorphus brevirostris Sternfeld, 1908a: 411 . Type locality: “Yabassi”, Cameroon.

Dipsadomorphus viridis Sternfeld, 1908a: 411 . Type locality: “Bipindi”, Cameroon.

Leptodira nigeriensis Werner, 1913: 27 . Type locality: “ Südnigeria ( Umgebung von Gana und Sagbama, Niger-Delta)”.

Chamaetortus aulicus ellenbergeri Chabanaud, 1916: 375 . Type locality: “Lambaréné”.

Dipsadomorphus myops Chabanaud, 1917b: 453 . Type locality: “ Gabon ”.

Dipsoglyphophis duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901): Barbour & Amaral 1927: 26.

Dipsadoboa duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901): Bogert 1940: 64.

Crotaphopeltis duchesnii duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901): Loveridge 1941: 122.

Distribution. It ranges across West and Central Africa, from Nigeria to Uganda, south to Gabon and Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it had never been recorded (Map 19A).

Comments. We record this species for the first time in Equatorial Guinea based on two specimens from Río Muni. A detailed morphological revision was provided by Rasmussen (1989).

Specimens examined. Two specimens. Río Muni: Miboman (road to Niefang), 06 September 1985 (EBD 20790); Miboman (road from Bata to Niefang), 28 July 1987 (EBD 27543) .