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I937b:I4I-I42). Benguela: “Cahata” [-12.35000, 14.81667] (Bocage I895a:I45; Monard 
1937b:I4I); “Benguela” [-12.58333, 13.41667] (Loveridge 1936a:44); “Quindumbo” [-12.46667, 
14.93333] (Bocage 1895a:145; Monard 1937b:141); “Ebanga” [-12.73333, 14.73333] (Monard 
1937b:141-142); “Entre Rios” [-13.01667, 14.63333] (Hellmich 1957a:75; Mananas 1981:33); 
“Cubal” [-13.03333, 14.25000] (Mertens 1938a:442; Rasmussen 2005:14); “Hanha” [-13.30000, 
14.20000] (Bocage 1896a:113, 1897b:211); “Cabal” (Rasmussen 2005:14). Hulla: “Caconda” 
[-13.73333,15.0666] (Bocage 1895a:145; Monard 1937b: 141; Rasmussen 2005:14); “Kalukembe” 
[-13.78333, 14.68333] (Monard 1937b:141-142); “Kuvangu (Vila-da-Ponte)” [-14.46667, 
16.30000] (Monard 1937b:141-142); “Capelongo” [-14.91667, 15.08333] (Bogert 1940:96; Ras¬ 
mussen 2005:14); “Huilla” [-15.05000, 13.55000] (Hampton 2010:235). Namibe: “Rio Cuce” 
[-13.51667, 15.20000] (Ferreira 1897b:245; Monard 1937b:141); “Mossamedes” [-15.20000, 
12.15000] (Bocage 1887a:189, 1895a:145). Cuando Cubango: “Kutatu” [-14.36667, 16.48333] 
(Monard 1937b:141-142); “Kakindo” [-15.45000, 17.05000] (Monard 1937b:141-142); “Kayun- 
du” [-15.70000, 17.45000] (Monard 1937b:141-142); “riverine habitat Rio Longa (57)” 
[-15.45969, 18.76833] (Conradie et al. 2016:8, 12, 23). Undetermined Locality: “Between 
Benguella and Bihe” (Boulenger 1905:114; Rasmussen 2005:14). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Hughes and Barry (1969) and McDiarmid et al. (1999) 
incorrectly stated that the types were lost, following information from G. Peters. Bogert (1940) 
pointed out a possible taxonomically relevant difference between the savanna C. rhombeatus (typ¬ 
ical form) and its forest dwelling congeners, which was later confirmed by Laurent (1956, 1964a). 
Laurent (1964a) assigned the Angolan records previously refered to C. rhombeatus (e.g., “Dundo,” 
“Muita,” “Sombo” [Laurent 1950a, 1954a], “Quirimbo” [Parker 1936]) to C. maculatus and also 
considered specimens cited in Bocage (1895a) from Congo and a part of northern Angolan to be 
maculatus, without further comment. The species is widely distributed in Angola, however the 
Cabinda records, “Chinchoxo” and “Landana,” probably represent misidentifications (Spawls and 
Branch 1995; Rasmussen 2005; Dobiey and Vogel 2007). Conradie et al. (2016) cited a single spec¬ 
imen from “Rio Longa,” Cuando Cubango as Causus cf rasmusseni Broadley, 2014, although its 
taxonomic status remains equivocal, since the topotypic material from C. rasmusseni is not avail¬ 
able, and the “Rio Longa” specimen is only weakly differentiated from South African material. 
Family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 
Genus Amblyodipsas Peters, 1857 
Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873) Common Purple-Glossed Snake 
Calamelapspolylepis Bocage 1873b:216. Holotype: MBL 1878 (collector J.A. d’Anchieta), destroyed by fire 
18 March 1978. Type locality: “Dondo, interieur d’Angola” [= Dondo] Kwanza Norte Province, Angola. 
Atractaspis Hildebrandtii: Peters (1877a:616). 
Calamelaps polylepis: Bocage (1895a: 126, 1897a:201), Ferreira (1904:116), Boulenger (1915:214). 
Calamelaps unieolor Loveridge (1933:260). 
Calamelaps unieolor polylepis: Loveridge (1944c:164, 1957:281), de Witte and Laurent (1947:32). 
Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis: Broadley (1971c:649), Broadley (1990:202), Branch (1998:66). 
Amblyodipsas polylepis: Broadley and Cotterill (2004:46), Bates et al. (2014:345), Wallach et al. (2014:25). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is known from coastal Kenya to South Africa, west to Ango¬ 
la and northern Namibia. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 280): The species is known from western Angola, however, the 
species may occur country wide with exception of the northern regions. Bengo: “Cabicula” 
