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border with the Demoeratie Republic of Congo. Lunda Norte: “Dundo” [-7.36667, 20.83333] 
(Laurent 1950a: 10). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: This species was originally described from the central 
Congo basin and is considered rare being known only from few specimens (Broadley et al. 2003). 
Muller (1911) described Michellia katangae, from “Kituri, Katanga district,” Congo, and de Witte 
and Laurent (1947) considered it a subspecies of Hypoptophis wilsonii Boulenger, 1908, which is 
currently viewed as a monotypic (Wallach et al. 2014). Wallach et al. (2014) did not include Ango¬ 
la in the species distribution. 
Genus Limaformosa Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, 
Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou and Greenbaum, 2018 
Limaformosa capensis (Smith, 1847) Southern File Snake 
Heterolepis capensis Smith 1847a: pi. 55, first of two accompanying unnumbered text pages. Holotype: lost 
fide FitzSimons (1937). Neotype: BMNH 1891.9.15.9 (donated by W.L. Selater, SAM), designated by 
Broadley (2005) fiide Lanza and Broadley (2014:90). Holotype loeality: “eastern distriets of the Cape 
Colony” [= South Afriea], locality rejected by Broadley (2005); Neotype locality: “Delagoa Bay” 
[= Maputo Bay, Maputo Province], Mozambique. 
Simoeephalus eapensis: Monard (1937b:111, 119). 
Mehelya eapensis eapensis: Loveridge (1939:143, 1957:253), Laurent (1964a:94), Braneh and McCartney 
(1992:2), Broadley and Cotterill (2004:48). 
Mehelya eapensis: Broadley (2005:232), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:476), Wallaeh et al. (2014:424). 
Gonionotophis eapensis: Kelly et al. (2011:424), Lanza and Broadley (2014:90). 
Limaformosa eapensis: Broadley et al. (2018:5). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Least Concern. 
Global distribution: The species is known from Southeastern Africa, north to eastern Ango¬ 
la and Zambia, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (former Katanga Province), Malawi 
and southeastern Tanzania as far north as the eastern Usambara Mountains. 
Wallach et al. (2014) credited Lanza and 
Broadley (2014) with the neotype designation, 
but this was originally proposed by Broadley 
(2005). Kelly et al. (2011) argued that 
Gonionotophis is the appropriate name for 
species previously assigned to Mehelya Csiki, 
1903, but more recently Broadley et al. (2018) 
erected the new genus Limaformosa, with 
capensis as its type species. Records from 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 294): The species is known from the southeastern part of the 
country. Mexico: “Rives du lac Calundo, 105 
km a Lest de Luso (Lake Calundo)” 
[-11.80000, 20.86667] (Laurent 1964a:94). 
Huila: “Vila-da-Ponte” [-14.46667, 16.30000] 
(Monard 1937b: 113, 119; Loveridge 
1939:144). Cuando Cubango: “vinicity of 
Cuito Cuanavale - approximately 14 km NE of 
Mapupa” [-17.38333, 20.08333] (Branch and 
McCartney 1992:2). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
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Map 294. Distribution of Limaformosa capensis in 
Angola. 
