Subspecies and Distribution. C. o. obtusirostris Peters, 1851 — Save and Changane river systems of C & S Mozambique, with marginal intrusion into SE Zimbabwe and Limpopo Province of NE South Africa. C. o. chrysillus Thomas & Schwann, 1905 — from Maputo, S Mozambique, S to Maputaland, NE KwaZulu-Natal, E South Africa. C. o. limpopoensis Roberts, 1946 — from around mouth of Limpopo River S to coastal plains near Maputo, SE Mozambique. in Chrysochloridae

Subspecies and Distribution. C. o. obtusirostris Peters, 1851 — Save and Changane river systems of C & S Mozambique, with marginal intrusion into SE Zimbabwe and Limpopo Province of NE South Africa. C. o. chrysillus Thomas & Schwann, 1905 — from Maputo, S Mozambique, S to Maputaland, NE KwaZulu-Natal, E South Africa. C. o. limpopoensis Roberts, 1946 — from around mouth of Limpopo River S to coastal plains near Maputo, SE Mozambique.Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Chrysochloridae, pp. 180-203 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 197, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.662449