Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt, 1843)

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 : 336

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547092
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C036-6E7A-FD34-FED76B12E35B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt, 1843)
status

Treatment

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen ( MNHN 2006.0199), Kolokope.

MORPHOLOGY. — 19 MSR, smooth and oblique; 216 Ven, smooth; 66 Sc, paired; anal divided; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; 8 supralabials; 10 infralabials; temporal scale formula 2 + 3 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species inhabits mainly savannahs but may also be encountered in forested areas. It had been mentioned from Togo by Werner (1898), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 17; from Kete-Kratchi, Mago, and Pama) and by Roman (1984). The sole available specimen, collected at Kolokope in ER III, does not allow us to establish the distribution of the species in Togo.