Localities of Atractaspis branchi sp. n. and A. reticulata ssp. Records are based on museum specimens, literature and database (GBIF) records; large closed symbols represent the type localities of the different taxa, stars: A. branchi sp. n., circles: A. reticulata records without reference to subspecies; triangles: A. r. reticulata; quadrats: A. r. heterochilus; diamonds: A. r. brieni; country borders indicted as white lines; background of map: major biomes based on Olson et al. (2001).