Psammophis punctulatus Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854

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 : 10

Psammophis punctulatus Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854

Vouchers: NMK-S4604 (field no. SK1113)

Records: AB ( R), KF (museum headquarters) Remarks:Thiscommondiurnalsnakeiswidelydistributed. We found one adult and one juvenile individual in Koobi Fora and Alia Bay in the vegetation along the riverbed and in the Koobi Fora camp, both in April. The large adult individual ( Fig. 4V ) was feeding on a weaver bird when found ( Kirchhof et al. 2018). The currently accepted subspecies P. p. punctulatus and P. p. trivirgatus (to which the SNP specimens were assigned) seem to be parapatric and morphologically distinguishable, and they might both prove to be full species in the future .

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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.