Thelotornis kirtlandi (Hallowell, 1844)

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

Thelotornis kirtlandi (Hallowell, 1844)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 7 specimens ( MRAC 29730 , Sodo; GHS-W 0203 , GHS-W 0206, Atakpame; GHS-W 0243, Kpalime; GHS-W 1263, Yo [Agome Yo]; GHS-Togo 43, Agbanon, T 204 Agou [Mont Agou]) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 745 to 1400 mm; 19 MSR, keeled and oblique; 176-206 Ven, smooth; 110-114 Sc, paired; anal divided; 7-8 supralabials; 11-12 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This arboreal species is mainly a forest-dweller. It inhabits ER IV but might be present in ER II. Previously, this species had been recorded from Togo by Matschie (1893), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Loveridge (1944; from Missahohe), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Harding & Welch (1980), Welch (1982), Roman (1984), Golay et al. (1993), Spawls & Branch (1995) and David & Ineich (1999).