Atractaspis irregularis (Reinhardt, 1843)

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 : 340

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547136
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C032-6E7E-FD3E-FC516BE5E592
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Atractaspis irregularis (Reinhardt, 1843)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 12 specimens ( MRAC 73 View Materials 13 R 33, MRAC 73011.0088 View Materials , Missahohe; MRAC A7036.0029 View Materials , GHS-W 1037, GHS-W 1040, GHS-W 1054, Agou ; ZMB 11256, Togo, no locality; GHS-W 1093, GHS-W 1419, GHS-W 1421, GHS-W 1434, Sodo Zion) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 240 to 680 mm; 25-27 MSR, smooth; 215-249 Ven, smooth; 24-27 Sc, paired; anal divided; 5 supralabials; 5-7 infralabials; 1 preocular; 1 postocular; 1 large temporal, no posterior temporal.

DISTRIBUTION. — All collect localities are in the forested area of the country. This species is still unknown out of the forests but it might be present in the southern part of ER II and in ER V. Previously it had been mentioned from Togo by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Harding & Welch (1980), Golay et al. (1993) and Chippaux (2006).