Naja katiensis Angel, 1922

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 : 338

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547108
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scientific name	Naja katiensis Angel, 1922
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 2 specimens ( MRAC 29467 View Materials , Nanergou ; ZMB 22024, Togo, no precise locality) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 256 to 780 mm; 24-25 MSR, smooth and oblique; 169-172 Ven, smooth; 57-58 Sc, paired; anal single; 6-7 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 2 preoculars; 2-3 postoculars; temporal scale formula 2 + 3 + 5.

DISTRIBUTION. — Naja katiensis inhabits mostly Sudan savannahs in ER I of the country. Previously, it had been mentioned from Togo by Hulselmans et al. (1970), Roman (1984), Spawls & Branch (1995), Rasmussen (1995b) and David & Ineich (1999).