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Map 340. Distribution of Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia in 
Angola. 
(Ceriaco et al. 2016b:77). Kwanza Norte: 
“Piri-Dembos” [-8.56667, 14.50000] (Hell- 
mich 1957b:68); “N’golla Bumba” [-9.03333, 
14.60000] (Ferreira 1906:169); “Golungo 
Alto” [-9.13333, 14.76667] (Ferreira 
1906:169); “Cambondo” [-9.15963, 14.65771] 
(Ferreira 1906:169); “Canhoca” [-9.25000, 
14.68333] (Boulenger 1905:112); “Rio Lui- 
nha” [-9.26667, 14.53333] (Ferreira 
1906:169); “N’dalla Tando” [-9.30000, 
14.91667] (Bocage 1895a:122); “Dondo” 
[-9.68333, 14.43333] (Ferreira 1903:12). 
Kwanza Sul: “Quirimbo” [-10.68333, 
14.26667] (Parker 1936:125); “Chingo” 
[-11.20000, 13.85000] (Ferreira 1904:116). 
Mexico: “Maeondo” [-12.55000, 23.76667] 
(Laurent 1964a: 110). Huambo: “Bela-Vista” 
[-12.36667, 16.20000] (Hellmieh 1957b:68). 
Bie: “Cubango basin (12b)” [-13.59638, 
16.87722] (Conradie et al. 2016:8-9, 19). Benguela: “Quissange” [-12.43333, 14.05000] (Boeage 
1895a:122); “Quindumbo” [-12.46667, 14.93333] (Bocage 1895a:122); “Benguella” [-12.58333, 
13.41667] (Bocage 1895a:122); “Katala” [-12.88333, 14.01667] (Ferreira 1906:169); “Entre Rios” 
[-13.01667, 14.63333] (Hellmieh 1957a:72); “Alto Cubal” [-13.03333, 14.25000] (Mertens 
1938:440; Hellmieh 1957b:68); “Hanha” [-13.30000, 14.20000] (Bocage 1896a:113, 1897b:211). 
Hufla: “Sangeve” [-13.88333, 15.83333] (Monard 1937b: 129); “Caconda” [-13.73333, 15.06667] 
(Bocage 1895a:122); “Quillengues” [-14.06667, 15.08333] (Bocage 1895a:122); “Kuvangu/Vila 
da Ponte” [-14.46667, 16.30000] (Monard 1937b:129); “Huilla” [-15.05000, 13.55000] (Bocage 
1895a:122; Hellmieh 1957b:68); “Kampulu (region de Kasinga)” [-15.21667, 16.11667] (Monard 
1937b:129); “Gambos” [-15.76667, 14.10000] (Bocage 1895a:122). Namibe: “Biballa” 
[-14.76667, 13.36667] (Bocage 1895a: 122). Cunene: “Humbe” [-16.68333, 14.90000] (Bocage 
1895a: 122). Cuando Cubango: “approximately 23 km SE of Cuito Cuanavale” [-15.33333, 
19.33333] (Branch and McCartney 1992:2). Undetermined Locality: “Cuango” (Peters 1881:149; 
Bocage 1895a: 122) (Malanje Province impossible to georeference: See History Section for more 
detailed information). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Wallach et al. (2014) indicated that no holotype had 
been indicated for this species. However, Laurenti (1768) provided an indication to an image in 
Seba (1734) and the individual pictured is the holotype. 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 
1752). Seba specimens are known or believed to be present in collections in St. Petersburg, 
London, Leiden (including specimens until recently in Amsterdam), Paris, Copenhagen, Stock¬ 
holm, Bremen and Berlin (Boeseman 1970; Juriev 1981; Thireau et al. 1998; Bauer and Gunther 
2013) but few can be traced to particular plate figures, and the lectotype of Coronella hotamboeia 
is not among these. This species has a wide distribution in sub-Saharan Africa (Broadley and 
Cotterill 2004) and a phylogeographic analysis is therefore desirable to investigate the possibility 
of cryptic species (Bates et al. 2014). 
