Psammophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean François, David, Patrick, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain & Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, 2011, The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems, Zoosystema 33 (3), pp. 325-360 : 345-346

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

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scientific name

Psammophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
status

 

Psammophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 7 specimens ( MRAC 29625 View Materials , Togoville; MRAC 29502 View Materials , Niamtougou; MRAC 29659 View Materials , Borgou; MRAC 29664 View Materials , Bassar ; MRAC 29597 View Materials , Tetetou ) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 270 to 905 mm; 17 MSR smooth; 142-151 Ven, smooth; Sc 88-105, paired; anal divided; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is present in all regions of the country but it is more common in savannahs. Additional specimens were obtained from the localities of Aledjo and Huilehui. The occurrence of this species in Togo had previously been mentioned by Werner (1902), Sternfeld (1908b: 217, 1909) from Missahohe, Kete (currently in Ghana), Sokode, Mango (Sansane Mango), Loveridge (1940), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970) and Hughes (2004).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Lamprophiidae

Genus

Psammophis

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