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Map 324. Distribution of Xenocalamus mechowii inor- 
natus in Angola. 
Family Elapidae Boie, 1827 
Genus Aspidelaps Fitzinger, 1843 
Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi Bogert, 1940 Angolan Coral Snake 
Matrix lubrica Laurenti 1768:80. Lectotype: specimen described and illustrated by Seba (1735:44, pi. 43, fig. 
3) fide Wallach et al. (2014:55, see Notes below), lost fiide Broadley in Golay et al. (1993:113) although 
status considered unknown by Broadley and Baldwin (2006). Type locality: restricted to “Africa” based on 
the lectotype designation (Laurenti 1768:80) and more specifically to “ex Promontorio Bonae Spei/Cap de 
Bonne-Esperance” [= Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape Province], South Africa (Seba 1735:44). 
Aspidelaps lubrieus cowlesi Bogert 1940:94, fig. 17A-D. Holotype: AMNH 32801 (collectors A.S. Vemay, 
H. Lang and R. Boulton). Type locality: “Munhino (101 km east of Mossamedes, via railroad)” (Bogert 
1940:95) [= Muninho, 101 km east of Namibe], Namibe Province, Angola. 
Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi: FitzSimons (1962:278), Managas (1981:21), Broadley (1990:281), Spawls and 
Branch (1995:54), Branch (1998:104), Broadley and Baldwin (2006:167), Dobiey and Vogel (2007:32), 
Wallach et al. (2014:55). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from southwestern Angola and Namibia as far 
south as Liideritz. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 325): The species occurs in southwestern Angola, near the bor¬ 
der between Cunene Province and Namibia. Namibe: “Munhino (101 km east of Mossamedes, via 
railroad)” [-14.91667, 13.00000] (Bogert 1940:94; Managas 1981:21; Broadley 1990:281; 
Broadley and Baldwin 2006:167). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Laurenti (1768) cited only a specimen figured by Seba 
(1735) for both Matrix lubrica as a whole and for his “Var. p.” although another form from Suri¬ 
name was noted, so there must have originally been syntypes. The history of Seba’s collections 
have been discussed in detail (Engel 1937, 1961; Boeseman 1970; Juriev 1981, Adler 1989; Bauer 
2002; Bauer and Gunther 2013). Seba’s second collection (the first had been sold to Peter the Great 
of Russia in 1716; Driessen-van het Reve 2006) was sold after his death at auction (Anonymous 
