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ered that records from Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and 
northern Zambia required confirmation. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 326): The 
species is known from north and central Ango¬ 
la. Cabinda: “Landana” [-5.21667, 12.15000] 
(Bocage 1895a:138); “Cabinda” [-5.55000, 
12.18333] (Bocage 1895a: 138; Mananas 
1981:30). Zaire: “St. Salvador do Congo” 
[-6.26667, 14.23333] (Bocage 1895a:138; 
Managas 1981:30). Lunda Norte: “Dundo” 
[-7.36667, 20.83333] (Laurent 1950a: 10, 
1954a:61, 1964a: 121; Thys van den Audenaer- 
de 1966:36); “Dundo, barrage de la Luachimo” 
[-7.38333, 20.85000] (Thys van den Audenaer- 
de 1966:36). Luanda: “Loanda” [-8.83333, 
13.26667] (Ferreira 1900a:53). Bengo: “de 
Cacolo ao rio Bengo” (Ferreira 1900:53). 
Malanje: “Pungo-Andongo” [-9.66667, Distribution oi Dendroaspis jamesoni in 
15.58333] (Bocage 1895a:138). Kwanza 
Norte: “Piri-Dembos” [-8.53333, 14.43333] (Hellmich 1957b:73; Mananas 1981:30); “Golungo 
Alto (Golungo-alto, dans llnterieur d’Angola, au nord du Quanza)” [-9.13333, 14.76667] (Gunther 
1865b:97; Bocage 1888:143; 1895a:138; Boulenger 1896:436; Monard 1937b:137, Managas 
1981:30); “Ambaca” [-9.26667, 15.18333] (Ferreira 1900a:53); “N’dalla Tando” 
[-9.30000, 14.91667] (Ferreria 1903:13; Mananas 1981:30); “Dondo” [-9.68333, 14.43333] 
(Managas 1981:30). Kwanza Sul: “on a track between Kwanza bridge “Filomena da Camara” and 
Farm Cabuta” [-9.78528, 14.81389] {pers. comm. Kelse Alexandre in Vaz Pinto and Branch 
2015:45); “main road from Luanda to Huambo at Munenga, approximately 12 km south of the 
turning to Calulo” [-10.12083, 14.66500] (Vaz Pinto and Branch 2015:45); “Quirimbo” 
[-10.68333, 14.26667] (Parker 1936:126; Mana9as 1981:30); “Congulu” [-10.86667, 14.28333] 
(Parker 1936:126; Managas 1981:30). Huambo: “Bela Vista” [-12.36667, 16.20000] (Hellmich 
1957b:73; Mananas 1981:30). Undetermined Locality: “Angola (au nord du Quanza)” (Bocage 
1888:142). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Hughes and Barry (1969) listed two syntypes (RSM 
1869.3.147 and BMNH 1946.1.20.43) of D. jamesoni, but the original description specified a sin¬ 
gle type (see Wallach et al. 2014). Bocage (1895a) recognized two species of mambas in Angola, 
Dendroaspis angusticeps (Smith, 1849) md Dendroaspis neglectus (Bocage, 1888), the latter cur¬ 
rently considered a junior synonym of D. jamesoni. The species Dendroaspis angusticeps has been 
restricted to East and Southern Africa, and Bocage’s records assigned to this species in fact repre¬ 
sent the Black Mamba, Dendroaspis polylepis Gunther, 1864. In Angola, Spawls and Branch 
(1995) and Dobiey and Vogel (2007) considered D. jamesoni present only to the north of Luanda. 
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Dendroaspis polylepis (Gunther, 1864) Black Mamba 
Dendraspis polylepis Gunther 1864:310. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.53 (formerly 64.6.28.15) (eolleetor 
J. Kirk). Type loeality: “regions bordering the Zambezi, ineluding those of the Nyassa Lake” [= Zambesi 
River], Mozambique fide Loveridge (1953a:290). 
Dendraspis angustieepsl: Boeage (1866a:52). 
Dendraspis angustieeps: Peters (1877a:617, 1888:149), Boeage (1888:143, 1895a: 140), Boulenger 
