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Rhamnophis aethiopissa: Boulenger (1915:206), Roux-Esteve (1965:65), Broadley and Howell (1991:66), 
Broadley and Wallach (2002:64), Spawls et al. (2004:366), Wallach et al. (2014:633). 
Rhamnophis aethiopissa aethiopissa: Hellmich (1957b:66). 
Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis: Laurent (1950a:8, 1954a:50, 1964a: 108), Thys van den Audenaerde 
(1966:33). 
Tharsops aethiopissa: Chippaux (2006:109). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The speeies is known from Guinea east to the Demoeratie Republic of 
Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, and western ,6 -e 20 “e 24 “e 
the 
Kenya, and south to northern Angola and 
northwestern Zambia. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 362): The 
species occurs in the northern Angola including 
the Cabinda enclave. Lunda Norte: “Dundo” 
[-7.36667, 20.83333] (Laurent 1954a:50, 
1964a: 108); “sur un arbuste dans la foret des 
sources de la Mussungue (affluent de la Lua- 
chimo) pres de Dundo” [-7.41667, 20.83333] 
(Laurent 1950a: 8, Thys van den Audenaerde 
1966:33); “Calonda, Camissombo” [-8.41667, 
20.53333] (Laurent 1964a: 108). Kwanza 
Norte: “Piri-Dembos” [-8.56667, 14.50000] 
(Hellmich 1957b:66). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Roux-Esteve (1965) placed the subspecies 
Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis Schmidt, 
1923 in the synonymy of the typical form. 
Map 362. Distribution of Rhamnophis aethoipissa in 
Angola. 
Genus Scaphiophis Peters, 1870 
Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters, 1870 African Shovel-Nosed Snake 
Seaphiophis albopunetatus Peters 1870:645, pi. 1, figs. 4, 4a-4e. Holotype: ZMB 6945 (eolleetor Jahn). Type 
loeality: “Keta (Guinea)” [= Keta, Ghana]7/t/e Wallaeh et al. 2014:650]. 
Seaphiophis albopunetatus: Laurent (1950a:9), Broadley (1994:4), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:546), Wallaeh 
et al. (2014:650), Braneh and Conradie (2015:200). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution; The species is from northern Zambia and southern Democratic Republic 
of Congo to Kenya and South Sudan in the east and Ghana in the west. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 363): The species occurs in the extreme northeast of the coun¬ 
try in Lunda Norte Province. Lunda Norte: “Capaia” [-7.33556, 20.21681] (Branch and Conradie 
2015:200); “Muita (Luembe E)” [-7.80000, 21.45000] (Laurent 1950a:9). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: Peters’ (1870) type locality of Keta, Guinea has cau¬ 
sed a great deal of confusion. Loveridge (1936a) accepted the locality as being “Kita, Guinea” 
[= Kita, Mali]. Hughes and Barry (1969), Broadley (1994) and Wallach et al. (2014) all interpreted 
the locality as being Keta [= Kete], Ghana. However, there is indeed a Keta, Guinea as well, 
although it is small and unlikely to have been the source of Peters’ type. Further, as noted by 
Hughes and Barry (1969), the collector, Jahn, was based at the Bremen Mission in Keta, Ghana. 
Wallach et al. (2014) noted several occurrences of the species west of Ghana, the limit of the 
