Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857)

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 : 335

Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 12 specimens ( MRAC 29674 , MRAC 29678 , Missahohe; MRAC 29711 , Atakpame; MRAC 29713 , Kamina; MRAC 73014.0064 , Agou; MRAC 29714 , Edifou; GHS-W 0023, Agave; GHS-W 0627 and GHS-W 1249, Yo [Agome Yo]; GHS-Togo 49, Sodo; GHS-Togo 51, GHS-Togo 72, Sodo Zion) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 240 to 870 mm; 15 MSR smooth and oblique; 153-161 Ven, keeled; 84-87 Sc, paired; anal single; 8-9 supralabials; 9-10 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 2 + 2 or 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species inhabits mostly forests. It occurs in ER IV; however, specimens not yet deposited were recently collected near Aledjo in ER II. Previously, Philothamnus heterodermus had been cited from Togo by Matschie (1893), Werner (1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909) from Missahohe and Bismarkburg (now Yegue in Adele), Loveridge (1958), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1971), Hughes (1985) and Leaché et al. (2006).