Thrasops batesii Boulenger, 1908

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Thrasops batesii Boulenger, 1908: 93 . Type locality: “ Efulen and Akok, Kribi River district, and Ja River district ”, Cameroon.

Rhamnophis batesii (Boulenger, 1908): Schmidt 1923: 83.

Distribution. It ranges from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002) (Map 23B).

Comments. Treated by some authors within the genus Rhamnophis Günther, 1862 (see Chippaux & Jackson 2019 for a discussion).

Specimens examined. Three specimens. Río Muni: Miboman (30 km from Niefang), 01 February 1987 (EBD 25035); Miboman (Km 27, road from Bata to Niefang) October 1987 (EBD 27732); San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 1990 [B9574; shared label (EBD 31495) with two specimens of Thelotornis kirtlandii] .