Psammophis subtaeniatus, Peters, 1882

Trape, Jean-François, Crochet, Pierre-André, Broadley, Donald G., Sourouille, Patricia, Mané, Youssouph, Burger, Marius, Böhme, Wolfgang, Saleh, Mostafa, Karan, Anna, Lanza, Benedetto & Mediannikov, Oleg, 2019, On the Psammophis sibilans group (Serpentes, Lamprophiidae, Psammophiinae) north of 12 ° S, with the description of a new species from West Africa, Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1), pp. 61-91 : 70

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PSAMMOPHIS SUBTAENIATUS Peters, 1882 View in CoL

Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake, Psammophis à ventre ligné, Gelbbauch-Sandrennnatter

Psammophis sibilans var. subtaeniata Peters, 1882: 121 (part). Type locality: Tete, Mozambique. Lectotype: ZMB 9992A designated by Broadley, 1977:13.

Psammophis bocagii Boulenger, 1895: 538 View in CoL . Type locality: “ Angola ”, subsequently given as Benguela ( Boulenger 1896). Lectotype: BMNH 67.7.23.22.

Psammophis subtaeniatus Broadley, 2002: 93 View in CoL .

One specimen examined by DGB from north of Latitude 12° S, MBL 1772 from Rio Bengo near Luanda in Angola (8°43’S, 13°24’E), one of the syntypes of P. bocagii View in CoL destroyed by fire in the Museu Bocage. Full data for this taxon have been published in Broadley (2002) GoogleMaps .