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Abstract
The genus Monopeltis (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia) is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring in several areas, from South Africa to Cameroon. Monopeltis kabindae Witte & Laurent, 1942 was until now only known from its type specimen, which was collected in 1930 in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here, the discovery of a second specimen collected in Manovo, Central African Republic (1 630 km north of the type locality) is reported. The specimen is described and its characters compared with those of the holotype. Despite the great distance between the site where this specimen was collected and the type locality, the specimen described here shows only small differences in external morphology when compared to the type. Considering also that there is no other specimen of M. kabindae in zoological collections and that the data available are not sufficient to support a complete analysis, the specimen is referred to as Monopeltis kabindae, thus considerably enlarging the range of that species.
Acknowledgements
I thank Ivan Ineich for important suggestions regarding the manuscript and for the photographs of the MNHN specimen, and Danny Meirte of RMCA for the images of the holotype. I also thank John Measey for valuable suggestions that improved the manuscript. Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) provided financial support. This work was carried out at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.