. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 12. Typhlops liberiensis, Diani River, near Nzerekore (Pho- to: W. Bohme). Typhlopidae Typhlops liberiensis (Hallowell, 1848) Material examined: ZFMK 56090, adult female. Seredou, W. Bohme coll. 12 Oct. 1993; ZFMK 56135, Diani Riv- er, W. Bohme coll. 13 Oct. 1993. Remarks: The taxonomic status of this irregularly speck- led blind snake (Fig. 12) is not yet stabile. Sometimes it is also regarded to be a subspecies of T. punctatus, or even of T. congestus (see Ineich 2003). Typhlops punctatus Leach, 1819 Material examined: ZFMK 58620, Seredou, W. Butzler
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 12. Typhlops liberiensis, Diani River, near Nzerekore (Pho- to: W. Bohme). Typhlopidae Typhlops liberiensis (Hallowell, 1848) Material examined: ZFMK 56090, adult female. Seredou, W. Bohme coll. 12 Oct. 1993; ZFMK 56135, Diani Riv- er, W. Bohme coll. 13 Oct. 1993. Remarks: The taxonomic status of this irregularly speck- led blind snake (Fig. 12) is not yet stabile. Sometimes it is also regarded to be a subspecies of T. punctatus, or even of T. congestus (see Ineich 2003). Typhlops punctatus Leach, 1819 Material examined: ZFMK 58620, Seredou, W. Butzler coll. 1994. Remarks: Another specimen of this taxon was seen in the H. Olsen collection in N'Zerekore. Boidae Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848) Material examined: ZFMK 56042, north of Seredou (on road to Macenta) through primary forest, W. Butzler coll. 25 Oct. 1993. Remarks: A second individual was seen in the "Centre En- tomologique" in N'Zerekore (H. Olsen coll.). According Bonn zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 35-61. Fig. 13. Python sebae, subadult specimen from Mt. Nimba (Photo: C. Brede). to Ineich (2003), a third specimen was collected at Ziela, Mt. Nimba; it is not kept in MNHN but "dans les collec- tions guineennes du mont Nimba (Lamotte, comm. pers. 09/97)". Thus, our specimen from Seredou, though bad- ly damaged as a roadkill, is the only Guinean specimen available for study. Pythonidae Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789) Material examined: Photographic voucher. Remarks: In the Mt. Nimba area, a subadult rock python could be photographed by CB (Fig. 13). Lamprophiidae Bothrophthalmus lineatus Peters, 1863 Material examined: ZFMK 56094, south of Seredou, Mal- weta village, W. Bohme coll. 6-26 Oct. 1993; ZFMK 58615, Diecke Forest, H. Vierhaus coll. Apr. 1994; ZFMK 82159, Diecke Forest ( N; W), Bangoura & Rodel coll. 27 Nov. 2003 (Fig. 14). Remarks: Some authors, including Angel et al. (1954 b) and Ineich (2003), refer to t
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