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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Series 4, Volume 65, Supplement II 
Family Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826 
Genus Python Daudin, 1803 
Python anchietae Bocage, 1887 Anchieta’s Dwarf Python 
Python Anchietae BocagQ 1887d:87. Syntypes: MBLT89-1206, T89-1207 (collector J. d’Anchieta), destroyed 
by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “Catumbella” [= Catumbela] Benguela Province, Angola. 
Python Anchietae: Bocage (1895a:73, 1897a:199). 
Python anehietae: Boulenger (1893:88,1915:199), Monard (1937b: 108), Bogert (1940:18), Frade (1963:253), 
Laurent (1964a:92), Branch (1998:59), Wallach et al. (2014:607). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is known from southern Angola and central and northern 
Namibia. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 264): The 
species is known from the southwestern Ango¬ 
la regions of Angola. Benguela: “Hanha road, 
18 km from Lobito” [-12.26667, 13.70000] 
(Laurent 1964a:92); “Catumbella” [-12.43333, 
13.55000] (Bocage 1887d:87, 1895a:73, 
1897a:199; Boulenger 1893:88, 1915:199; 
Monard 1937b: 108; Wallach et al. 2014:607); 
“Hanha” [-12.25000, 13.75000] (Bogert 
1940:18). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
This species was described by Bocage (1887d) 
based on two specimens from “Catumbella” 
collected by Anchieta. Anchieta’s Dwarf 
Python is poorly recorded in the country and 
the current gaps in its distribution should be 
considered artifactual. The lUCN map of its 
distribution {http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map. ^ 
html?id= 177539) is entirely incorrect for all but the southernmost part of the species range. 
Python natalensis Smith, 1840 Southern African Rock Python 
Python sebae natalensis Smith 1840: pi. 9, first of three aeeompanying unnumbered text pages. Syntypes: 
BMNH 1946.1.8.3 (formerly 1940.3.27.1) and 1946.1.17.13 (formerly 1940.3.27.2) (fide Broadley 1984). 
Type loeality: none explieitly stated, although it is “not to be found within hundreds of miles of the bound¬ 
aries of the [Cape] Colony, and few speeimens have been obtained nearer than Port Natal. “ Given the 
speeifie epithet, the terra typieal may be interpreted as Port Natal. 
Python natalensis: Boeage (1895a:72, 1896a: 112), Braneh (1998:59), Broadley (1999:31), Broadley and 
Cotterill (2004:45), Bates et al. (2014:328), Ceriaeo et al. (2014b:672, 2016a:40), Wallaeh et al. 
(2014:609), Conradie et al. (2016:23). 
Python sebae: Monard (1937b: 108), Mertens (1938a:439), Bogert (1940:17, 18), Themido (1941:9), Maeha- 
do (1979:10, 46), Spawls and Braneh (1995:19), Bellosa et al. (2007:30). 
Python sebae natalensis: Broadley (1984:362). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species ranges across south-central Africa from Angola southeast to 
South Africa and north to the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Tanzania and 
the Kenya highlands. 
