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Aparallactus Bocagii: Boulenger (1905:114). 
Aparallactus capensis bocagii: Loveridge (1944b:202), de Witte and Laurent (1947:126), FitzSimons 
(1962:270). 
Aparallactus capensis capensis: Loveridge (1944e:205, 1957:287). 
Aparallaetus eapensis punetatolineatus: de Witte and Laurent (1947:128), Laurent (1954a:45). 
Aparallaetus eapensis: Broadley (1990:154), Spawls et al. (2004:420), Broadley and Cotterill (2004:47), 
Bates et al. (2014:347), Wallaeh et al. (2014:45). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The distribution of this species extends from Tanzania in the north to the 
eastern Cape Province in the south, and westwards through south-eastern Democratic Republic of 
the Congo and Zambia to Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 281): The 
species is apparently distributed from the cen¬ 
tral-west to southeastern regions, although also 
extends to the northeastern Lunda Norte 
Province. Lunda Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 
20.83333] (Laurent 1954a;45); “Sombo” 
[-8.68333, 20.95000] (Laurent 1954a:45). 
Kwanza Sul: “Novo Redondo” [-11.20000, 
13.85000] (Bocage 1895a:127-128, 
1897a;201; Monard 19376:129; Loveridge 
1944b:205; de Witte and Laurent 1947:122; 
Broadley 1990:156). Benguela: “Bigondo” 
[-12.06667, 17.41667] (Monard 1937b:129; 
Loveridge 1944c;202); “Quindumbo” 
[-12.46667, 14.93333] (Bocage 1895a:127, 
1897a;201; Monard 19376:129; Loveridge 
1944c:205, 210; de Witte and Laurent 
1947:115). Huila: “Gambos” [-15.76667, 
Map 281. Distribution of Aparallactus capensis 
Angola. 
14.10000] (Bocage 1895a:127-128, 1897a: 
201; Monard 19376:129; Loveridge 1944b; 205; de Witte and Laurent 1947:126; Broadley 
1990:156). Cuando Cubango: “approximately 50 km E of Cuito Cunavale” [-15.23333, 
19.61667] (Branch and McCartney 1992:2). Namibe: “Biballa” [-14.76667, 13.36667] (Bocage 
1895a:127, 1897a:201; Monard 19376:128; Loveridge 1944c:205; de Witte and Laurent 1947:128; 
Broadley 1990:156). Undetermined Locality: “Between Benguella and Bihe” (Boulenger 
1915:217; Loveridge 1944c:205; de Witte and Laurent 19476:122). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes; In the BNMH register, 1946.1.8.62 is listed as “one of 
the types,” suggesting the possibility that Smith’s description was based on multiple specimens, 
although details are given for only a single specimen. Bocage (1895a), in his ''Herpetologia d’An¬ 
gola et du Congo,'' remarked on some differences of material of Uriechis capensis from the Museu 
Bocage from typical material, but did not distinguish these individuals as new forms. In the same 
year, however, Boulenger (1895d), described three new species based on Bocage specimens, 
Aparallactus bocagii, from “Novo Redondo” [= Sumbe] and “Gambos,” Angola, Aparallactus 
punetatolineatus from “Biballa,” Angola, and Aparallactus guentheri from “Quindumbo,” Angola 
and East and Central Africa (Bocage 1897a). Boulenger (1895c) himself did not provide specific 
localities within Angola for these new taxa, but these may be inferred from Bocage (1895a, 1897a). 
Loveridge (1944c) and FitzSimons (1962) treated ^4. bocagii as a western subspecies of A. capen- 
