Herpele squalostoma (Stutchbury, 1836)
Caecilia squalostoma Stutchbury, 1836 "1834", Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 17: 362. Type(s): Not known to exist, presumably at the "Bristol Philosophical Institution" at one time. Type locality: "Gaboon, Africa".
Herpele squalostoma — Peters, 1880 "1879", Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879: 939.
English Names
Congo Caecilian (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 24).
Distribution
Southeastern Nigeria east to western Central African Republic and south to extreme western Dem. Rep. Congo; Bioko; presumably in Cabinda enclave of Angola.
Comment
Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 13, noted habitat for one collection in Nigeria.
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