A NEW PSAMMOPHIS FROM ZAMBIA 

 Table 2 Scale counts (sample size) 



species 



M ventrals 



F ventrals 



M subc. 



F subc. 



'leopardinus' 

 Heop.'' refined 

 zambiensis 

 'sibilans' 



151-71 (9) 

 151-65(8) 

 148-61 (5) 



151-74(20) 

 151-67(16) 

 149-65(17) 



167-77(32) 167-77(19) 



79-104(4) 80-105 (10) 



79-104(4) 80-105 (8) 



80-90 (3) 75-86 (9) 



89-103(26) 781-100(12) 



N.B. The P. 'leopardinus' data is for Angolan specimens and from Broadley (pers. 

 com.): I suspect that specimens of another species are included and P. 'leop. refined' 

 has the data of that species removed. The P. 'sibilans' (currently treated as P. 

 mossambicus) data is from Zambian specimens so called by Broadley (1971:88) 

 although he has since referred them to P. phillipsi (Broadley 1983) and later P. 

 mossambicus (Broadley. in prep.), and from Haagner et al (2000) who treat their 

 specimens as P. mossambicus. The P. zambiensis data incorporates that of P. 

 'breviroslris leopardinus' from Haagner et al, (2000). 



Fig. 4 Brandstiitter's (1996, fig. at p. 48) map of the occurrence of 

 Psammophis breviroslris leopardinus. 



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BMNH 97.6.9.131 (Boulenger 1897:801); Zomba BMNH 

 93.10.26.57, 94.2.13.12 (Gunther 1894:618. Boulenger 

 1896:164,l,m), 1933.4.5.2; Zomba Mt BMNH 1948.1.2.28. 



NAMIBIA - Old Sangwali (Broadley 1983; Barts & Haacke 

 1997). 



TANZANIA - Ipiama ZMB 16984; Kingani, nr Dunda ZMB 

 172777, 17338; Zimba ZMB 23476; 



ZAMBIA - IRSN 8834,b-c, 10520, Broadley & Pitman 1960; 

 ZFMK 18904; Barotseland MNHN 1921.533; Buleya IRSN 8802 

 (Bulaya of Broadley & Pitman 1960); Chipangali UM; Chisi Lake 

 (Broadley & Pitman 1960); Chunga, Kafue N.P UM; Dumdumwensi 

 UM 20841 ; Fort Manning BMNH 1 962.497; Ikelenge x 2 (Broadley 

 1991 as Rphillipsii); Kabinda BMNH 1932.9.9.130; Kabwe (as 

 Broken Hill) BMNH 1932.5.3.95-100, 1932.9.9.134-8, 1936.3.6.34, 

 1959.1.1.96; Kalabo FMNH, UM; Kaputa IRSN 8805,a, Broadley 

 & Pitman 1960); Kasama IRSN 8832, Broadley & Pitman 1960; 

 Lachisi IRSN 8830; Lealui MNHN 20. 104, 2 1 ;533; Lusaka, 100 km 

 SW of ZFMK 18904; Makupa IRSN 8835,a,b; Mambwe IRSN 

 8804, 8828-9, Broadley & Pitman 1960; Maskie's, Namwala Dis- 

 trict BMNH 1932.5.3.95-8. 1932.5.3.101; Mbala (as Abercorn, 

 Broadley & Pitman 1960) BMNH 1959.1.1.81, 1959.1.1.96; IRSN 

 8798a-e - 803,a, 8799a-b, 8800-1, 8806-27. 8836-8, 8839 

 (Broadley & Pitman 1 960 as Psammophis subtaeniatus sudanensis); 

 Mkanda UM; Mporosoko IRSN 8803a-b (Mporokoso of Broadley 

 & Pitman I960); Msoro UM (Wilson 1965); Mukupa (Broadley & 

 Pitman 1960); Muswema IRSN 8833. Broadley & Pitman 1960; 

 Mweru-Wantipa IRSN 8831, Broadley & Pitman 1960; 

 Namantombwa Hill, Mumbwa UNZA; Nchelenge, Luangwa Valley 

 BMNH 1932.12.13.231; Ngoma. Kafue N.P. UM: Nsangu BMNH 

 1932.9.9.131; Sayiri UM (Wilson 1965); Serenje BMNH 

 1953.1.2.13-6 ; Yacobi Village. Luangwa Valley LACM; 



ZIMBABWE - Bari. Chikwakwa UM; Bulawayo UM x 3; Elim 

 Mission, Inyanga UM; Harare (as Salisbury) NMK; Harare (as 

 Salisbury). Borrowdale Brook UM x 2; Inkomo UM; Mabalauta 

 UM; Mazoe (Broadley 1959) BMNH 1902.2.12.96-7; Mondoro 

 UM; Odzi UM x 2; Rugare, Inyanga UM; Umsweswe Bridge, 

 Gatooma UM; Umtali UM x 3 (Broadley 1959) BMNH 1954. 1 .3.23- 

 4; Vumba Mt UM x 2: Wankie N.P, main camp UM x 2. 



Psammophis zambiensis (other, non-type specimens) 



ZAMBIA - Ikelenge NMZB 10636, and x 2; PEM x 7; Mbala (as 

 Abercorn, Broadley & Pitman 1960) IRSN 10521-2; Mbala area (as 

 'Abercorn' but see Discussion); BMNH 1959.1.1.81; Mporosoko 

 (Broadley & Pitman 1960 as Mporokoso) IRSN 10523; PEM x 2 

 ( Haagner et al 200): Sakeji School PEM x 6 (Haagner et al., 2000). 



9, 7061; Kapolowe MRAC 9970;Kasai MRAC 968; Kasenyi IRSN 

 6861; Lofoi MRAC 598; Lubumbashi [as Elizabethville] IRSN 

 63 10; MRAC 766 1 , 8378-9, 9397-8; Lukafu MRAC 7 1 87, 7 1 199- 

 201, 7217; Luluaborg St Joseph MRAC 2627-9; Luebo MRAC 

 2996; Lukonzolwa MRAC 2165; Lusambo MRAC 16378, 16381; 

 Merode MRAC 3113; Moero Lake Region MRAC 15323; Musosa 

 IRSN 4780-1 ; Niambi to Baudouinville MRAC; Pweto MRAC 252, 

 260, 1980, 1999, 2027; Sandoa MRAC 7935, 7941, 7967-9, 8271- 

 2, 9854; Tembwe MRAC 4186, 4216, 4237-8; 



MALAWI - Chitipa (as Fort Hill) BMNH 97.6.9. 1 35-6; Chiromo 

 BMNH 1959.1.3.37; Chiromo, 20 km N of Mangochi (as Fort 

 Johnston); Fort Johnston BMNH 1926.5.8.49; Kasungu AMNH; 

 Kondowe (=Livingstonia Mission) to Karonga BMNH 97.6.9.132- 

 4; Nkhotakhota (as Kota Kota) BMNH 96. 12.12.19; Mkanga BMNH 

 1959.1.3.38; Mlanje River AMNH; x 2; Mtimbuka AMNH x 4; 

 Mulanje Mt. AMNH; Nchisi AMNH x 2; Nkahta Bay to Ruarwe 



DISCUSSION 



The many names by which Zambian P.'sibilans' has been known 

 (see above under synonymy) is an indication of the uncertainly 

 which attends identification of specimens of this species complex. 

 The very distinctive colouration of some specimens of P. zambiensis 

 attracts attention but it is not reliable in separating this species from 

 other(s) with which it may be sympatric. A letter from Desmond 

 Vesey-FitzGerald to Donald G. Broadley (Broadley, pers. comm.), 

 dated 29 Sept. 1959, suggests that the source of 'Abercorn' speci- 

 mens is to be doubted: 'I would guess that all these snakes may have 

 come from Mweru-Wantipa in Mporokoso District, where Bredo 

 would have been collecting in the 1943/44 period.' Vesey-FitzGerald 

 (1958) collected long series of P. sibilans [= P. mossambicus] in 



