Aparallactus nigriceps Peters, 1854
Mozambique centipede-eater
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Uriechis nigriceps Peters, 1854; Aparallactus nigriceps Boulenger, 1895; Aparallactus nigriceps Broadley, 1990; Aparallactus capensis nigriceps Welch, 1994; Aparallactus nigriceps Bauer et al. 1995
Conservation Status
Last record: 1800's
Rediscovered on 15 June 2011
Distribution
Mozambique (south-east)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Type locality: “Tette” [Mozambique]
Syntypes:
ZMB 4809
ZMB 9972
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Peters, W. C. H. (1854). Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 614-628.
Other references:
Pietersen, Darren W. (2014). New distribution records of herpetofauna in Mozambique south of the Zambezi River, including additional records from Parque Nacional de Banhine. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 4: 174-180.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Uetz, P. et al., The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org , accessed December 11, 2010.
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Aparallactus&species=nigriceps