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Bothrophthalmus brunneus GÜNTHER, 1863

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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBothrophthalmus brunneus GÜNTHER 1863: 355
Bothrophthalmus lineatus var. infuscatus BUCHHOLZ & PETERS 1875: 198
Bothrophthalmus lineatus BOULENGER 1893: 324 (pro parte, „Type C")
Bothrophthalmus lineatus brunneus — BOGERT 1940: 21
Bothrophthalmus lineatus brunneus — KNOEPFFLER 1966
Bothrophthalmus brunneus — TRAPE 1985
Bothrophthalmus brunneus — GOSSMANN et al. 2002
Bothrophthalmus lineatus brunneus — PAUWELS et al. 2002
Bothrophthalmus brunneus — PAUWELS et al. 2006
Bothrophthalmus brunneus — PAUWELS & VENDE WEGHE 2008
Bothrophthalmus brunneus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 114 
DistributionGabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo (Brazzaville)

Type locality: Bioko; "Fernando Po" [= Equatorial Guinea].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.1, female 
Diagnosis 
CommentThe status of brunneus is still controversial (GOSSMANN et al. 2002, HUGHES 2000).

Distribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin brunneus = brown. 
References
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  • Bogert,C.M. 1940. Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition. I. Snakes, including an arrangement of the African Colubridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 77: 1-107 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1897. A list of reptiles and batrachians from the Congo Free State, with the description of two new snakes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 19: 276-281 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Branch, W.R. & Rödel, M.-O. 2003. Herpetological survey of the Haute Dodo and Cavally forests, western ivory Coast, Part II: Trapping, results and reptiles. Salamandra 39 (1): 21-38 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • Carlino, P. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2015. An Updated Reptile List of Ivindo National Park, the Herpetofaunal Hotspot of Gabon. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 50(3): 25-39 - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Fischer, J. G. 1886. Herpetologische Notizen. Abh. Geb. Naturw. Hamb. 9: 51-67 (1-19) - get paper here
  • Gossmann, V.; Lötters, S.; Obame, F. & Böhme, W. 2002. Zur Herpetofauna Gabuns. Teil II: Kommentierte Artenliste der gefundenen Reptilien, Bemerkungen zur Artenvielfalt. Herpetofauna 24 (136): 19-33 - get paper here
  • Günther. A. 1863. Third account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 12: 348 - 365 - get paper here
  • Hughes, B. 1983. African snake faunas. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34: 311-356 - get paper here
  • Hughes, B. 2000. The African snake Bothrophthalmus lineatus (PETERS 1863). Herpetological Bulletin (74): 28-29
  • Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descriti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milano, A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp. - get paper here
  • Knoepffler, L.-P. 1966. Faune de Gabon (amphibiens et reptiles), I. Ophidiens de l’Ogooué-Ivindo et du Woleu N’tem. Biologia Gabonica II (1): 3-23
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  • Luiselli, L.; G.C. Akani, L.D. Otonye, J.S. Ekanem & D. Capizzi 1999. Additions to the knowledge of the natural history of Bothrophthalmus lineatus (Colubridae) from the Port Harcourt region of Nigeria. Amphibia-Reptilia 20 (3): 318-326 - get paper here
  • Luiselli, Luca. 2001. Some remarks on 'the African snake Bothrophthalmus lineatus' by B. Hughes, Herpetological bulletin No. 74, pp. 28-29. Herpetological Bulletin (77): 2-3 - get paper here
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  • SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS, A., CALVO-REVUELTA, M. & DE LA RIVA, I. 2022. Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea. Zootaxa 5202 (1): 1-197 - get paper here
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