Boaedon mendesi CERÍACO, ARELLANO, JADIN, MARQUES, PARRINHA & HALLERMANN, 2021
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Boaedon mendesi
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| Higher Taxa | Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Boaedon mendesi CERÍACO, ARELLANO, JADIN, MARQUES, PARRINHA & HALLERMANN 2021 Boodon geometricum ? - BOCAGE 1887 Boodon lineatus [part] - BOCAGE 1903 Boodon lineatus [part] - HENRIQUES 1917 Boodon bedriagae [part] - BOULENGER 1906 Boaedon lineatus bedriagai - CAPOCACCIA 1961 Boaedon lineatus bedriagai - 1961 Boaedon lineatus bedriagai - MANAÇAS 1958 Boaedon fuliginosus bedriagae [part] - ROUX-ESTÉVE & GUIBÉ 1964 Boaedon fuliginosus bedriagae [part] - CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019 Boaedon bedriagae [part] - ROUX-ESTÉVE & GUIBÉ 1965 Boaedon bedriagae [part] - CERÍACO et al. 2018: 103 Boaedon fuliginosus bedriagai - MANAÇAS 1973 Lamprophis fuliginosus - CHIPPAUX 2006 Boaedon mendesi — CERÍACO et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guine (endemic) Type locality: vicinities of Santo Cristo, Príncipe Island, Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea (1.63633°N, 7.42690°E), 80 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MUHNAC/MB03–977, adult male, collected by collected Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Mariana P. Marques, and Pedro N.P. Ceríaco, on 10 February 2015. Paratypes: CAS 233410, Príncipe Island [1.659306°, 7.395389°, 178 m]; IICT/R 52-56/1957, Principe Island; MB 03-001027, road to Porto Real [1.62617°, 7.41344°, 38 m] - Príncipe Island, Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguished from all of its Central and West African congeners by the following combination of characters: brown to dark brown colouration with a series of parallel dark brown blotches extending from neck to about midbody; two broad, cream-coloured, dark brown-bordered bands running on the side of the head; the upper band starting on the nasals and extending above the eye to the posterior part of the head, the lower band usually starting on the posterior lower part of the eye and extending to the corner of the mouth; whitish to cream venter colouration without markings; the 3rd, 4th and 5th (but sometimes the 4th, 5th and 6th) supralabials contacting the eye, one preocular; 24 to 29 midbody scales rows, 206 to 242 ventral scales and 61 to 81 subcaudals, and a maximum snout–vent length of 122 cm (Ceríaco et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Diet: Probably similar to other Boaedon the species that feed on small mammals (e. g. rodents, bats), as well as other reptiles (p.e. geckos and skinks). Similar species: Boaedon bedriagae. |
| Etymology | Specific epithet is a patronym in the masculine genitive singular named after the Portuguese entomologist Luís Fernando Marques Mendes (Lisbon, 1946 –), former director of the Centro de Zoologia of the former Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (Lisbon), from 1998 to 2014, and who has dedicated part of his career to the study of the biodiversity of São Tomé and Príncipe (Ceríaco et al. 2021). |
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