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Genus Elapsoidea Bocage, 1866 
Elapsoidea guentherii Bocage, 1866 Gunther’s Garter Snake 
Elapsoidea Guntherii Bocage 1866a:50, 1866b:70, pi. 1, figs. 3, 3a-3b. Lectotype: MBL T-130, fonnerly 
MBL 1935 (collector J.A. d’Anchieta), destroyed by fire 18 March 1978, designated by Parker (1949:97). 
Type locality: restricted to “Cabinda” (Bocage 1866a:50, 1866b:70), Angola through the lectotype desig¬ 
nation. 
Elapsoidea Guntherii: Bocage (1873b:224). 
Elapsoidea Giintheri: Bocage (1895a: 129, 1897b:202). 
Elapeehis guentheri: Boulenger (1896:359). 
Elapsoidea giintheri: Loveridge (1936a:41), Bogert (1940:86). 
Elapsoidea sundevallii guntherii: Loveridge (1944c:222, 1957:290). 
Elapsoidea sundevallii giintheri [part]: Parker (1949:93). 
Elapsoidea giintheri giintheri: Laurent (1964a: 117). 
Elapsoidea sundevalli semiannulata: Haacke and Finkeldey (1967:3). 
Elapsoidea guentheri: Broadley (1971e:600), Spawls and Branch (1995:60), Branch (1998:105) 
Elapsoidea guentheri {Elapsoidea Guntherii): Managas (1891:22). 
Elapsoidea guentherii: Chippaux (2006:216), Dobiey and Vogel (2007:49), Wallach et al. (2014:262). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The speeies ranges from the lower Congo, south to Angola and east to 
the southern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Zambia and Zimbabwe. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 328): The 
species occurs from the northwest to the central 
plateaus of Angola. Cabinda: “Cabinda” 
[-5.55000, 12.18333] (Bocage 1866a:59, 
1866b;70, 1873b:224, 1895a: 129, 1897b:202; 
Loveridge 1936a:41, 1944c:222, 1957:290; 
Parker 1949:95; Broadley 1971e;601; Managas 
1981:22; Chippaux 2006:216; Wallach et al. 
2014:262). Kwanza Norte: “N’dala Tando” 
[-9.30000, 14.91667] (Broadley 1971e:601; 
Managas 1981:22). Moxico: “Rives du lac 
Calundo (Lago Calundo)” [-11.71667, 
20.80000] (Laurent 1964a: 117; Broadley 
1971e:601; Mana 9 as 1981:22). Benguela: 
“with no precise identification but probably 
from Hanha” [-12.25000, 13.75000] (Bogert 
1940:86; Broadley 1971e:601). Huila: 
“Caconda” [-13.73333, 15.06667] (Bocage 
1895a: 129; Loveridge 1936a:41; Broadley 
1971e:601; Mananas 1981:22). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: The species was described as new by Bocage in two 
different papers (1866a,b), both of which appeared in the November 1866 issue of the same jour¬ 
nal. However, the generic name, although used in both papers, was actually defined and introduced 
as new only in the second paper. Haacke and Finkeldey (1967) regarded E. semiannulata Bocage, 
1882 as the only member of the genus occurring in Angola and southern Congo. However, both 
E. semiannulata and E. guentherii are both present (e.g., Broadley 1971e; Mana 9 as 1981; Spawls 
and Branch 1995; Chippaux 2006; Dobiey and Vogel 2007; Wallach et al. 2014). 
Map 328. Distribution of Elapsoidea guentherii in 
Angola. 
