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Higher TaxaAtractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesAparallactus modestus modestus (GÜNTHER 1859)
Aparallactus modestus ubangensis BOULENGER 1897 
Common NamesE: Western Forest Centipede-eater 
SynonymElapops modestus GÜNTHER 1859: 161
Pariaspis plumbeatra COPE 1860: 242
Elapops plumbeater COPE 1860: 566
Elapops (Calamaria) petersii JAN 1862: 32
Elapops Petersi — JAN 1865
Aparallactus peraffinis WERNER 1897 (fide LEBRETON 1999)
Elapops modestus — WERNER 1899
Aparallactus flavitorques BOULENGER 1901: 11 (fide LOVERIDGE 1944:187)
Aparallactus dolloi WERNER 1902 (fide LOVERIDGE 1957)
Aparallactus congicus WERNER 1902 (fide LOVERIDGE 1957)
Aparallactus batesii BOULENGER 1907: 325 (fide LOVERIDGE 1942)
Elapops modestus — STERNFELD 1909
Elapops modestus — DE WITTE 1927: 326
Aparallactus christyi BOULENGER 1910: 512
Aparallactus graueri WERNER 1924
Aparallactus modestus modestus — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947: 100
Apparallactus [sic] modestus — TAYLOR & WEYER 1958
Aparallactus modestus — RÖDEL & MAHSBERG 2000
Aparallactus modestus — BÖHME et al. 2011
Aparallactus modestus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 48
Aparallactus modestus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 455
Aparallactus modestus — SENTER & CHIPPAUX 2022

Aparallactus modestus ubangensis BOULENGER 1897
Aparallactus ubangensis BOULENGER 1897: 279
Aparallactus ubangensis — BOULENGER 1901: 11
Elapops modestus — SCHMIDT 1923: 121 (fide HUGHES & BARRY 1969)
Aparallactus modestus ubangensis — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947: 103
Aparallactus modestus ubangensis — TRAPE & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995: 41
Aparallactus modestus ubangensis — PAUWELS & COLYN 2023 
DistributionCentral African Republic, Uganda, W/C/E, N? Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cameroon (Lawson 1993), Gabon, Guinea (Conakry), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Equatorial Guinea

ubangensis: Zaire, Congo, Uganda

Type locality: West Africa  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.3.7, adult female (Rich).
Holotype: ANSP 4148, Liberia [Pariaspis plumbeatra]
Holotype: RMCA R.12 [ubangensis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous! Lacks grooved teeth and may be nonvenomous (GREENE 1997).

Diet: Not specialized on centipedes as other members of the genus but rather eats earthworms.

The description by SCHMIDT (1923) is available online (see URL below).

Distribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
References
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