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Grayia ornata

(Bocage, 1866)

GBIF:263454780

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Biology and distribution. Grayia ornata is an aquatic snake widely distributed in Central Africa from Gabon to the westernmost region of the DRC and northern Angola (Chaney et al. 2024). The species is typically found in a variety of aquatic habitats (Chippaux and Jackson 2019). The specimen reported here was found at night in a deep pool at the edge of a slow-moving forest stream in Lower Mayombe.

Lobón-Rovira, Javier, Lobón-Rovira, Baptista, Ninda L, Clark, Tyron, Verburgt, Luke, Jongsma, Gregory Fm, Conradie, Werner, and, Luis Veríssimo, Vaz, Pedro, Pinto (2025): Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 74 (1): 1-59, DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2024.2421007, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2024.2421007

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Material. ANGOLA – Cabinda Province • Mayombe NP, Chimbete; – 4.6631, 12.5447; 182 m a. s. l.; P 3.145; GenBank: PQ 455973. Identification. A large snake (max. SVL = 1190 mm) with dorsum brown or grey with numerous black transverse bands (Chaney et al. 2024). Material from Cabinda Province is almost identical (<0.5 % 16 S p - distance) to that of G. ornata sensu stricto (fide Chaney et al. 2024) from Ogooue, Gabon (GenBank: AY 611866).

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AnimaliaChordataSquamataColubridaeGrayiaGrayia ornata

Animalia147

Chordata146

Squamata59

Colubridae6

Grayia1

Grayia ornata

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Figure 8. Some of the reptile species recorded from from Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province, Angola. Codes in brackets represent field numbers. A. Kinixys erosa (P2.208) from Inhuca. B. Osteolaemus tetraspis (P2.064) from Vaku, Upper Mayombe. C. Chamaeleo dilepis (EI 817), D. Agama congica and E. Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus from near Nganzi. F. Holaspis guentheri from Vaku, Upper Mayombe. G. H. mabouia (P2.232) from Miconge, Upper Mayombe. G. Hemidactylus pfindaensis (EI 1136) from near Nganzi, and I. H. pfindaensis (P2.234) from Miconge, Upper Mayombe. J. Lygodactylus aff. laterimaculatus (P3.199) from Sanga Wanda, Lower Mayombe. K. Feylinia grandisquamis from near Nganzi. L. Panaspis breviceps (P2.205), from Miconge, Upper Mayombe. M. P. cabindae (EI 1135) from near Nganzi. N. Trachylepis albolabris (P3.130) from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe, and O. from near Nganzi. P. T. maculilabris and Q. T. polytropis (P3.218) from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe. R. Dipsadoboa weileri (P3.151) from Mbundu, Lower Mayombe S. Grayia ornata (P3.145) from Chimbete, Lower Mayombe. T. Hapsidophrys smaragdinus (P1.144) from Tando Zinze. U. Dendroaspis jamesoni, from near Nganzi. V. Naja melanoleuca killed by farmers at Nganzi. W. Psammophis mossambicus (EI 809) from near Nganzi. X. Python sebae from a street market in Cabinda City. Photographs by PVP (A–B, G, I–J, L, N, Q), JLR (R–S), TC (T–U, X), LV (C–E, V–W), Alex Rebelo (H, K, M), Rogério Ferreira (F, P).

Imageimage/png© Lobón-Rovira, Javier;Lobón-Rovira;Baptista, Ninda L;Clark, Tyron;Verburgt, Luke;Jongsma, Gregory Fm;Conradie, Werner;and, Luis Veríssimo;Vaz, Pedro;PintoLobón-Rovira, Javier;Lobón-Rovira;Baptista, Ninda L;Clark, Tyron;Verburgt, Luke;Jongsma, Gregory Fm;Conradie, Werner;and, Luis Veríssimo;Vaz, Pedro;Pinto

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