Lycophidion multimaculatum Boettger, 1888

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Lycophidion multimaculatum Boettger, 1888

Specimens.

Angola: Duque de Bragança : BMNH 1864.10.28.15 , Caconda : BMNH 1893.12.27.13 .

Comments.

Among the specimens collected by Bayão at Duque de Bragança and sent by Bocage to the British Museum in 1864, Günther identified No. 3 as Lycophidion horstockii ( AHMB /CE/G76 ). This specimen was presented to the British Museum and is still identified with the No. 3 in the original label. Bocage (1966 a) followed Günther’s opinion and recorded seven specimens collected by Bayão at Duque de Bragança as Lycophidion horstockii var. A. Boulenger (1893) referred Bocage’s specimen from Duque de Bragança to Lycophidion capense var. B and was followed by Bocage (1895 a). A second specimen, collected by Anchieta in Caconda, was presented to the British Museum in 1893 identified as Lycophidion capense var. multimaculata ( Bocage 1895 a; Boulenger 1896). Donald Broadley (1932–2016) examined the specimens in London and Lisbon in 1968 and cited them in his revision of the genus Lycophidion ( Broadley 1996) .