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including the Cabinda enclave, although there 
are no published records from the latter area. 
Kwanza Norte: “Piri-Dembos” [-8.56667, 
14.50000] (Hellmich 1957b;76). Kwanza Sul: 
“Quirimbo” [-10.68333, 14.26667] (Parker 
1936:126, Managas 1981:36). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
This species is often attributed to Shaw (1802), 
where the species is description is largely 
repeated, or to Shaw and Nodder (1792) (e.g., 
Wallach et al. 2014). As noted by McDiarmid 
et al. (1999), evidence suggests that Shaw 
alone is responsible for the description. Shaw 
(1792) specifically stated that the specimen had 
been presented to the British Museum from 
Edward Jenkins, who had obtained it from “the 
master of a Guinea vessel. Hoser (2013) erect- 
ed a new taxon, B. hoserae, lor B. nasicorms ^ 
east of the Dahomey Gap, but did not mention Angola or Angolan populations explicitly. 
Bitis peringueyi (Boulenger, 1888) Peringuey’s Adder 
Vipera peringueyi Boulenger 1888:141. Holotype: SAM 1852 (eolleetor L.A. Peringuey), lost fide Stander in 
Golay et al. (1993). Type loeality: “Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfiseh Bay” [= 10 miles east of Walvis 
Bay], Erongo Region, Namibia. 
Bitis peringueyi: Managas (1981:37), Spawls and Braneh (1995:108), Braneh (1998:119), Dobiey and Vogel 
(2007:118), Wallaeh et al. (2014:92). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species occurs limited to sandy regions of the Namib Desert, in two 
disjunct populations corresponding to the northern and southern sand seas of the Namib. In Namib¬ 
ia from Liideritz north to Roikop, and then 
from northern Namibia northward to Namibe 
Province, southern Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 274): The 
species is limited to the Namib Desert in 
Namibe Province. Namibe: “Porto Alexandre” 
[-15.80000, 11.83333] (Spawls and Branch 
1995). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Boulenger (1896) considered Bitis heraldica 
(Bocage, 1889) to be a synonym of 
B. peringueyi which resulted in an incorrect 
distribution range for the species in Angola 
(see Bitis heraldica account). The species was 
cited for southern Angola by several authors 
(Manias 1981, Branch 1998, Dobiey and Vogel 
2007, Wallach et al. 2014), although the local¬ 
ity “Porto Alexandre”, currently known as Map 274. Distribution of ftto/iermgwej/ in Angola. 
