Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789)

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 : 350

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C024-6E68-FF30-FA2A6B4CE208
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 5 specimens ( ZMB 23836, 23802 View Materials , “ Togo ”; ZMB 13804, “ Togo, Kete Kratchi ”, currently in Ghana; GHS-W 1267-1268 [juveniles, TL 755 and 760 mm], Tovegan) .

MORPHOLOGY. — 77-86 MSR, scales smooth; 271-273 Ven, smooth; 59-61 Sc, paired; anal single; 3-4 loreals;

11-13 supralabials; 13-15 infralabials; 2 preoculars; 2 postoculars; 3 suboculars and 5 anterior temporals.

DISTRIBUTION. — Although the species occurs throughout the country, it is more common in the forested area and in the South around the Mono and Lake Togo. It had previously been recorded fromTogo by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 9), Werner (1898), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Villiers (1975), Roman (1984), Chippaux (2006) and Trape & Mané (2006b).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — According to reports of the CITES Division of the DFC Togo 3293 living specimens were exported between 2001 and 2005.