Lycophidion nigromaculatum (Peters, 1863)

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 : 343

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547184
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C02F-6E63-FD5B-FD956CB7E39D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lycophidion nigromaculatum (Peters, 1863)
status

Treatment

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 5 specimens ( MRAC A7036.0027 View Materials , GHS-W 1042, GHS-W 1044, Agou; GHS-W 1442, Sodo Zion, Tr 138, Kebo-Dzigbe [Mont Agou]) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 302 to 480 mm; 17 MSR, smooth; 171-192 Ven, smooth; 41-50 Sc, paired; anal single; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2.

DISTRIBUTION. — First record from Togo. Localities cited in this paper mark the eastern limit of the range of this species. In Togo we found it in the forest area. Leaché et al. (2006) recorded this species in the forested area between Togo and Ghana.