Grayia smithi (Leach, 1818)
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https://doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547058 |
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Grayia smithi (Leach, 1818) |
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 3 specimens ( ZMB 21986, “ Togo ” without precise locality; MRAC 29686 View Materials , MRAC 29688 View Materials , Missahohe ) .
MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 1035 to 1520 mm; 17 MSR smooth; 152-177 Ven, smooth; 51 (specimen MRAC 29688) to 98 Sc, paired; anal divided; 7 supralabials; 10-11 infralabials; 1 or 2 preocular; 2 postocular; temporal scale formula 2 + 3.
DISTRIBUTION. — This forest species is present in ER IV. It was recorded from Togo by Werner (1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 17) and Hulselmans et al. (1971).
HULSELMANS J. L. J., DE VREE F. & VAN DER STRAETEN E. 1971. - Contribution a l'herpetologie de la Republique du Togo: liste preliminaire des serpents recoltes par la troisieme mission zoologique belge au Togo. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 84 (1 - 2): 46 - 49.
STERNFELD L. 1908 b. - Die Schlangenfauna Togos. Mittheilungen Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4: 207 - 236.
STERNFELD L. 1909. - Die Schlangen Togos, in Die Fauna der deutschen Kolonien 1 (1): iv + 29 p., map.
WERNER F. 1902. - Uber westafrikanische Reptilien. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Zoologischbotanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 52: 332 - 348.
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