Mochlus sundevallii (Smith, 1849)

Kirchhof, Sebastian, Wasonga, Victor, Mazuch, Tomáš, Spawls, Stephen & Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta, 2023, An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 324) 17 (1 / 2), pp. 1-18 : 9

Mochlus sundevallii (Smith, 1849)

Vouchers: NMK-397L/1–4 (field nos. SK16 1035, SK16 1077, SK16 1090, SK16 1106)

Additional tissue samples: SK281 2016

Localities: IL (B, R), KA ( R), KF ( R, B, G), LO (B) Remarks: A nocturnal, fossorial species that occupies a variety of habitats comprising coastal savanna and woodland, dry and moist savanna, semi-desert, and medium to high-elevation woodland up to 2,000 m ( Spawls et al. 2018). Seventeen individuals of Mochlus

sundevallii ( Fig. 4P ) were found, all after sunset, digging in soft sand under shrubs. Average T b was 33.9 ± 1.0 °C (32.7–34.9 °C; N = 4) at T sub ranging from 29–30 °C and T a ranged from 32–35 °C.

Figures

Fig. 4. Reptile species recorded during the surveys: (A) Crocodylus niloticus; (B) Agama lionotus; (C) Agama rueppelli; (D) Holodactylus africanus; (E) Hemidactylus angulatus; (F) Hemidactylus barbierii; (G) Hemidactylus lanzai; (H) Hemidactylus ruspolii; (I) Homopholis fasciata; (J) Lygodactylus somalicus; (K) Stenodactylus sthenodactylus; (L) Heliobolus spekii; (M) Latastia longicaudata; (N) Philochortus rudolfensis; (O) Chalcides bottegi; (P) Mochlus sundevallii; (Q) Trachylepis striata; (R) Varanus albigularis; (S) Eryx colubrinus; (T) Platyceps brevis; (U) Psammophis cf. tanganicus; (V) Psammophis punctulatus; (W) Rhamphiophis rostratus; (X) Naja pallida; (Y) Bitis arietans; and (Z) Echis pyramidum.