Lycophidion semicinctum 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 : 343

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547188

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C02F-6E63-FCCC-FB8E6C56E6EC

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scientific name

Lycophidion semicinctum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
status

 

Lycophidion semicinctum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 12 specimens ( MNHN 1989.0257 View Materials , “ Togo ” without precise locality; MNHN 1989.0195 View Materials , “ Togo ou Benin ” without precise locality; MNHN 2006.2198 View Materials , GHS-W 1032, GHS-W 1075, Sodo Zion ; MRAC 29592 View Materials , Tetetou ; GHS-W 1298, T 222 , Agave ; GHS-W 1228, GHS-W 1240, Yo [Agome Yo], T 189 , Alédjo) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 460 to 670 mm; 17 MSR, smooth; 169-206 Ven, smooth; 37-54 Sc, paired; anal single; 7-8 supralabials; 8-9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species inhabits mainly Guinean savannahs but may also occur in forest. It has been recorded from ER III and IV of Togo by Werner (1898), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 12), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970) and Roman (1984). Recent specimens confirm its occurrence in the vicinity of Aledjo in ER II but its presence in ER V is uncertain.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Lamprophiidae

Genus

Lycophidion

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