Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882

Parrinha, Diogo, Calado, Francisco M. G., Marques, Mariana P., Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2025, Echoes of a lost museum: Revision of the herpetological collections sent by Barbosa du Bocage from the Lisbon Museum to the British Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Zoology 75, pp. 353-404 : 353-404

Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882 *

Specimen.

Angola: Benguella : BMNH 1867.7.23.22 [ holotype of Psammophis bocagii Boulenger, 1895 ; Fig. 30 ] .

Comments.

This specimen was collected by Anchieta in Benguela, which Bocage (1867 a) identified as Psammophis elegans and presented to the British Museum in 1867 under that name ( NHMA /DF/ZOO/200/1/195 ). It was later used by Boulenger to describe Psammophis bocagii , first introduced with a brief description and only the locality “ Angola ” in a key to the genus Psammophis ( Boulenger 1895) . Boulenger (1896) later provided a detailed description of Psammophis bocagii , citing the specimen from Benguela sent by Bocage. Although ranges of ventrals and subcaudals were provided by Boulenger (1895, 1896), these were derived from the data provided by Bocage (1895 a) for his Psammophis sibilans var. A, as listed in Boulenger’s (1896) chresonymy. The specimen was examined by Broadley (1977 a, 2002).

Figures

Figure 30. Holotype of Psammophis bocagii (BMNH 1867.7. 23.22). Photos by DP.