Psammophis sibilans (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 346-347

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547202
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scientific name	Psammophis sibilans (Linnaeus, 1758)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 15 specimens ( MNHN 2006.2189 View Materials , MNHN 2006.2196 View Materials , MNHN 2006.2284 View Materials , Lomé ; MNHN 1989.0185 View Materials , “ Togo ou Benin ”; MRAC 29642 View Materials , Lomé ; MRAC 29507 View Materials , Niamtougou ; GHS-W 0210, GHS-W 0212, GHS-W 0267, GHS-W 0269, Nangbeto ; GHS-W 0201, Atakpame; T 173 , Alédjo; T 229 , T 232 , T 235 .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 325 to 1170 mm; 17 MSR, smooth and oblique; 155-178 Ven, smooth; 88-120 Sc, paired; anal divided; 8 supralabials; 9-11 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 or 2 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species occurs throughout the country but is more abundant in ER III and V.Previously,it had been mentioned from Togo by Matschie (1893), Werner (1898, 1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 20) and Loveridge (1940) from Bismarkburg (now Adele), Kete-Kratchi, and Kantindi, as well as by Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971) and Roman (1984).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Lamprophiidae
Genus	Psammophis

Psammophis sibilans (Linnaeus, 1758)

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