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Exploration Du Parc National De La Garamba INSTITUT DES PARCS NATIONAUX DU CONGO OUVRAGE PUBLlt AVEC L'APPUI DU MINISTÈRE BELGE DE L'tDUCATlON NATIONALE ET DE LA CULTURE Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba MISSION H. DE SAEGER en collaboration avec P. BAERT, G. DEMOULlN, 1. DENISOFF, J. MARTIN, M. MICHA, A. NOIRFALISE, P. SCHOEMAKER, G. TROUPIN et J. VERSCHUREN (1949-1952). FASCICULE 48 REPTILES PAR GASTON-FRANÇOIS DE WITTE (Bruxelles) * BRUXELLES 1966 l M P R l MER l E H A Y E Z, s.p.r.t llZ, rue de Louvain, llZ, Bruxelles 1 SOMMAIRE Page, AVANT-PROPOS 5 Testudinata 11 Crocodylia .. H Squamata : Sauria 15 Serpentes 36 BIBLIOGRAPHIE 95 INDEX ALPHABÉTIQUE 100 PLANCHES 1 À V. PARC NATIONAL DE LA GARAMBA. - MISSION H. DE SAEGER ln collaboralion aVlc P. BAERT, G. DEMOULlN, 1. DENI80FF, d. MARTIN, M. MICHA, A. NOIRFALI8E, P. 8CHOEMAKER, G. TROUPIN Il d. VER8CHUREN (1949-1852). Fascicule 48 REPTI LES PAR GASTON-fRANÇOIS DE WITTE (Bruxelles) AVANT-PROPOS La collection de Reptiles recueillie par la Mission H. DE SAEGER au Parc National de la Garamba, au cours des années 1949-1952, s'élève à 1.773 exemplaires se r_épartissant de la façon suivante: Ordre Testudinata: 3 espèces, représentées par 70 exemplaires. Ordre Crocodylia: 1 espèce, représentée par 25 exemplaires. Ordre Squamata : Sous-ordre Sauria: 16 espèces, représentées par 931 exemplaires. Sous-ordre Serpentes: 42 espèces, représentées par 747 exemplaires. Au total 62 espèces dont 1 sous-espèce nouvelle de Serpent ayant déjà fait l'objet d'une description préliminaire (1), 3 espèces de Lézards, 6 espèces et 4 sous-espèces de Serpents qui n'avaient pas encore été signalées de cette région du Congo. Comparé aux résultats obtenus par l'American Museum Congo Expe­ dition 1909-1915 (Mission LANG et CHAPIN), dont le nombre d'espèces récoltées fut de 68, 20 n'ont pas été recueillies par la Mission H. DE SAEGER; par contre, 14 espèces faisant partie des collections de cette dernière Mission ne se rencontrent pas dans les collections de l'American Museum Congo Expedition. (1) WITTE, G. F., DE, Contribution à la faune herpétologique du Congo Belge. Description de trois Serpents nouveaux (Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 60, 1959, pp. 349-350). 6 PARC NATIONAL DE LA GARAMBA Les récoltes de la Mission H. DE SAEGER ont été complétées par des exemplaires recueillis par l 'Herpétologue ROBERT F. INGER, du Chicago Natural History Museum, à l'occasion d'une mission qu'il accomplit au Parc National de la Garamba, en 1959. Quelques récoltes sont également dues au Conservateur-adjoint du Parc National de la Garamba, JULIEN HAEZAERT. ESPÈCES RECUEILLIES PAR LA MISSION, H. DE SAEGER (2). Ordre 1. - TESTUDINATA. Famille TESTUDINIDAE. Kinixys belliana mertensi LAURENT. Famille PELOMEDUSIDAE. Pelomedusa subrufa (LACÉPÈDE). Pelusios eastaneus (SCHWEIGGER). Ordre II. - CROCODYLIA. Famille CROCODYLIDAE. Croeodylus ni/otleus LAURENT!. Ordre III. SQUAMATA. Sous-ordre 1. - Sauria. Famille GEKKONIDAE. Cnernaspis quattuorseriatus (STERNFELD). Hemidaetylus brooki angu/atus HALLOWELL. Lygodaetylus pieturatus gutluralis (BOCAGE) Famille AGAMIDAE. Agama agama agarna (LiN:'iÉ). Famille CHAMAELEONIDAE. Charnaeleo senegalensis laeui,gatus GRAY. Chamaeleo gracilis gracilis HALLOWELL. Famille VARANIDAE. Varanus (Polydaedalus) nilotieus ni/oticllS (LINNÉ). Famille LACERTIDAE. Eurnias nit/da quad'rinasalis CHABA'iAUD. Famille SCIl'\CIDAE. Sous-famille MABUYINAE. Mabuya macu/ilabris maculilabris (GRAY). Mabuya blandingi (HALLOWELL). -Mabuya affinis (GRAY). (2) - Les espèces marquées d'un astérisque n'ont pas été recueillies par la Mission LANG et CHAPe... PARC NATIONAL DE LA GARAl\fBA 7 Mabuya sudanensis SCHMIDT. II1abuya perroteti perroteti (DUMÉRIL et BIBRON) Mabuya quinquetaeniata sehariea STER:iFELD. Sous-famille LYGOSOMINAE. *Leptosiaphos aloysti sabaudiae (PERACCA). Moehlus sundevalli (A. SMITH). Sous-ordre Il. - Serpentes. Famille TYPHLOPIDAE. Typhlops punetatus punetatus (LEACH). *Typhlops boulengeri BOCAGE. Typhlops sudanensis SCHMIDT. Famille BOIDAE. Sous-famille PYTHONINAE. Python sebae (GMELIN). Python regius (SHAW). Famille COLUBRIDAE. Sous-famille COLUBRINAE. Natrieiteres olivaeea oliuaeea (PETERS). Boaedon fuliginosus fuliginosus (BaIE). *Lyeophidion capensc :iaeksoni BOULENGER *Lyeophidion ornatum PARKER. Mehelya eapensis savorgnani (MOCQUARD). *lIlehelya nyassac (GÜNTHER). *II1chelya poensis (A. SMITH). *Mehelya stenophthalmus (MOCQUARD). PhUothamnus in'egularis i-rregularis (LEACH). *Philothamnus irregularis baltersbyi LOVERIDGE. Philothamnus heterolepidotus (GÜNTHER). Philotharnnus semivanegatus (.\. SMITH). M eizodon eoronatus (SCHLEGEL). Crayia smithi (LEACH). Crayia ornata (BOCAGE), Crayia thol/oni MOCQUARD. Prosymna ambigua bocagei BOULENGER. Seaphiophis albopunetatus albopunetatus PETERS. Crotap/wpeltis hotambaeia biealor (LEACH). Boiga blandingi (HALLOWELL). "Hemiragerrhis nototaenia nototaenia (GÜNTHER). *Rhamphiaphis acutus yarambensis WITTE. Dromophis lineatus DUMERIL et BIBRON. Psammophis sibilans sibilans (LINI\'É). Dispholidus typus viridis (A. SMITH). Calamelaps uniealor uniealor (REINHARDT). "Miodon christyi BOULE:'iGER. Sous-famille DASYPELTIN'AE. Dasypeltis scaber scabcr (LINNÉ) 8 PARC NATIONAL DE LA GARAMBA Famille ELAPIDAE. Sous-famille ELAPIl'iAE. *Boulengerina annulata stormsi DOLLO. Elapsoidea laticineta WERNER. Naja haje haie (LINNÉ). Naja melanoleuea subfulra LAURENT. Naja nigrieollis nigrieollis REINHARDT. Sous-famille DE;\DROASPINAE. Dendroaspis jamesoni jarnesoni (TRAILL). Famille VIPERIDAE. Sous-famille VIPERINAE. Gausus rhombeatus rhombeatus (LICHTENSTEIN). Bitis lachesis lachesis (LAURENTI). Bitis gaboniea gaboniea (DUMÉRIL et BIBRON). Atraetasp'is irregularis uelensis LAURENT. ESPÈCES RECUEILLIES PAR L'AMERICAN MUSEUM CONGO EXPEDITION (MISSION LANG ET CHAPIN) (3). Ordre 1. - TESTUDINATA. Famille TESTUDINIDAE. Kinixys belliana mertensi LAURENT. Famille PELOMEDUSIDAE. Pelomedusa subrufa (LACÉPÈDE). Pelusios castaneus (SCHWEIGGER). Ordre II. - OROCODYLIA. Famille CROCODYLIDAE. Grocodylus eataphraetus CUVIEH. *Grocodylus nilotieus LAUHENTI. Ordre III. SQUAMATA. Sous-ordre 1. - Sauria. Famille GEKKONIDAE. *Hemidaetylus faseiatus faseiatus GRAY. Hemidaetylus brooki angulatus HALLOWELL. Lygodaetylus picturatus [futturalis (BOCAGE). Famille AGAMIDAE. Agama agama agama (Li~NÉ). (3) * Les espèces marquées d'un astérisque n'ont pas été recueillies par la Mission H. DE SAEGER. PARC NATIONAL DE LA GARAMBA 9 Famille CHAMAELEO:\IDAE. Chamaeleo senegalensis laevigatus GRAY. Chamaeleo gradUs gracîlis HALLO\VELL. Famille VARANIDAE. Varanus (iPolydaedalus) niloticus niloticus (LiNNÉ). *T'aranus (Empagusia) exanthematicus exanthematicus (BOSCA). Famille LACERTIDAE. *Algiroides atricanus BOULENGER. *lchnotropis capensis chapini SCHMIDT. Eremias nitida quadrinasalis CHAHANAUD. Famille CORDYLIDAE. *Gerrhosaurus major zechi TaRNIER. Famille SCIl'\CIDAE. Sous-famille MABUYINAE. Mabuya maculilabris rnaculilabris (GRAY). Mabuya blandingi (HALLOWELL). Mabuya sudanensis SCHMIDT. Mabuya pel'roteti perroteti (DUMÉRIL et BIBRo:'<). Mabuya quinquetaeniata scharica STERNFELD. Sous-famille LYGOSOMINAE. *Mochlus ternandi (BURTUN). Mochlus sundevalli (A. SMITH). Sous-ordre II. - Serpentes. Famille TYPHLOPIDAE *Typhlops congestus DUMÉRIL et BIBRON. Typhlops punctatus punctatus LEACH. Typhlops sudanensis SCHN1IDT. Famille BOlDAE. Sous-famille PYTHONINAE. Python sebae (GMELIN). Python regius (SHAW). Famille COLUBRIDAE. Sous-famille COLUBRINAE. Natriciteres olivacea ol'ivacea (PETERS). *Hydraethiops melanogaster GÜNTHER. *Bothrophthalmus lineatus lincatus (PETERS). *Bothrolycus ater GÜNTHER. Boaedon tuliginosus tuli,qinosus (BaIE). *Lycophidion irroratum (LEACH). Mehelya capensis savorgnani (MOCQUARD). Philotharnnus iTl'egularis il'J'egularis (LEACH). Philothamnus heterolepidofus (GÜNTHER). Philothamnus semivariegatus (A. SMITH). *Gast1'Opyxis smaragdina (SCHLEGEL). *Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis SCHMIDT. 10 PARC NATIONAL DE LA GARAMBA -Thrasops jaeksoni jaeksoni GtNTHER. Meizodon eoronatus (SCHLEGEL). Grayia smithi (LEACH). Grayia ornata (BOCAGE). Grayia thoUoni MOCQUARD. Prosymna ambigua boeagei BOULENGER. Seaphiophis albopunetatu.< albopunetatus PETERS. Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia bieolor (LEACH). -Boiga pulverulenta (FISCHER). Boiga blandingi (HALLCWELL). -Dipsadoboa unicolor unieolor GÜNTHER. Dromophis lineatus (DUMÉRIL et BIBRON). P sammophis sibilans slbi!ans (LINNÉ). -Thelotornis kirtlandi (HALLOWELL). Dispholidus typus 1.:iridis (A. SMITH). Calamelaps unieolor unieolor (REISHARDT). Sous-famille DASYPELTINAE. Dasypeltis seabra seabra (LINNÉ). -Dasypeltis taseiata A. SMITH. Famille ELAPIDAE. Sous-famille ELAPINAE. Naja haje haje (LINNÉ). ";aia melanoleuea subtulva LAURENT. Naja nigrieollis nigrieollis REINHARDT. Sous-famille DENDRÜASPINAE. Dendroaspis jamesoni jamesoni (TRAILL). Famille VIPERIDAE. Sous-famille VIPERINAE. Causus rhombeatus rhombeatus (LICHTENSTEIN). Bitis laehesis lachesis (LAURENTI). BUis gaboniea gaboniea (DUMÉRIL et BIBRüN). Atraetaspis irregularls uelensis LAURENT. - Atraetaspis aterrima GÜNTHER. PARC NATIONAL DE LA GARAMDA 11 Classe REPTI LIA Ordre I. -- TESTUDINATA Sous-ordre CRYPTODIRA Famille TESTUDINIDAE Sous-famille TESTUDININAE Genre KINIXYS BELL. 1. - Kinixys belliana mertensi LAURENT. (Pl. l, fig. 1.) Kinixys belliana (non GRAY) SCHMIDT, 1919, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 39, p. 406, pl. XI, fig. 2. Cinixys belliana (part., non GRAY) \VITTE, 1933, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool., (1) 3, p. 67. Kinixys belliana mertensi LAURENT, 1956, Ann. Mus. roy. Congo Belge, sér. in-8°, Zool., 48, p. 27, pl. III, figs. 1-3. Nom s ver
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