BOIDAE Gray, 1825
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Family BOIDAE Gray, 1825
Gongylophis muelleri Boulenger, 1892 ( Fig. 2 View FIG )
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 adult ♀ ( MRAC 29651 View Materials ), 1 juvenile ( MRAC 29663 View Materials ), Borgou ; 1 đ ( MRAC 29472 View Materials ), Nanergou .
Three adult specimens obtained in Mango were examined in the FEXAS, a snake farm for the pet trade.
MORPHOLOGY. — TL of adult specimens 658 mm and 776 mm, juvenile 335 mm, 45-47 MSR, scales smooth; 175-182 Ven; 14-21 Sc, single; anal single; 2-3 loreals; 9-10 supralabials; 12-14 infralabials; 9-10 scales surrounding the eye and 6 interobital scales.
DISTRIBUTION. — This burrowing species was recorded only in ER I. It was previously mentioned from Togo by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 9) from Mango and Borgou, Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971) and Roman (1984).
ROMAN B. 1984. - Serpents des Pays de l'Entente. C. N. R. S. T., Ouagadougou, 45 p.
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.
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