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Norte Pronvice. Cabinda: “Chinchoxo” 
[-5.10000, 12.10000] (Peters I877a:6I5; Boca- 
ge I895a:8I); “Cabinda” [-5.55000, 12.18333] 
(Frade 1963:252). Lunda Norte: “Dundo” 
[-7.36667, 20.83333] (Laurent 1954:43; Thys 
van den Audenaerde 1966:32). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Kelly et al. (2011) provided molecular phylo¬ 
genetic data to support the inclusion of this 
taxon along with the B. fuliginosus complex 
within a monophyletic Boaedon, separate from 
Lamprophis sensu stricto. 
Il-E 20°E 24'>E 
Map 289. Distribution of Boaedon olivaceus in Angola. 
Genus Bothrophthalmus Peters, 1863 
Bothrophthalmus lineatus Peters, 1863 Red-Black Striped Snake 
Bothrophthalmus lineatus {nomem nudum) Schlegel in Lichtenstein and von Martens 1856:27. Type loeality: 
“Goldkuste.” 
Elaphis {Bothrophthalmus) lineatus Peters 1863:287. Holotype: ZMB 1820 (“aus dem Museum zu Leiden”). 
Type loeality: “Guinea” [= Ghana]7/t/e Hughes and Barry (1969:1013). 
Bothrophthalmus lineatus lineatus'. Laurent (1950b:8, 1954:44, 1964a:93), Loveridge (1957:249), Thys van 
den Audemaede (1966:32). 
Bothrophthalmus lineatus'. Spawls et al. (2004:316), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:386), Wallaeh et al. 
(2014:112). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not 
Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is 
known from Uganda, southwest to northern 
Angola, west to Guinea, with sporadic records 
from Uganda and west Rwanda. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 290): The 
species is known from extreme northeastern 
Angola. Lunda Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 
20.83333] (Laurent 1950b:8, 1954a:44; Thys 
van den Audemaede 1966:32); “Riv. Luachi- 
mo, Dundo” [-7.38333, 20.85000] (Laurent 
1964a:93); “Riv. Mussungue, environs de 
Dundo” [-7.41667, 20.83333] (Laurent 
1964a:93). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
The original use of the name was as a nomen 
nudum in the Nomenclator of Lichtenstein and 
von Martens (1856), who attributed the name 
ll-E 1 hS°E 20'>E 24°E 
Map 290. Distribution of Bothrophthalmus lineatus in 
Angola. 
