Philothamnus irregularis (Leach, 1819)

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 : 335

Philothamnus irregularis (Leach, 1819)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 33 specimens ( MNHN 1982.0445- 0448, MNHN 1989.0256, MNHN 1989.0186-0187,

MNHN 1989.0189-0193, fromTogo without precise locality; MNHN 2006.2191, Lomé, campus of the university; MRAC 29487, Binaparba; MRAC 29508, Niamtougou; MRAC 29710, Atakpame; MRAC A7036.0013, GHS-W 0020, GHS-Togo 30, GHS-Togo 53, Agave; MRAC A7036.0014, GHS-W 0048, GHS-W 1071, GHS-W 1077, GHS-W 1083, GHS-W 1087, GHS-W 1096, GHS-W 1188, GHS-W 1401, Sodo Zion; GHS-Togo 88, Agbanon; GHS-W 0887,Temedja; GHS-Togo 88, Agbanon; T 228, Bafilo; MNHN 1977.0329-0332, Ivory Coast).

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 570 to 1130 mm; 15 MSR, smooth and oblique;153-189 Ven,keeled; 99-145 Sc,paired; anal divided; 8-10 supralabials; 9-11 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species has been collected from various localities as well in the south as in the north of the country and from all its ecological regions. Additional specimens not yet deposited were obtained from Aledjo, Huilehui and Fazao. This species has repeatedly been mentioned from Togo by Werner (1898, 1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Loveridge (1958), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971), Roman (1984), Hughes (1985) and Chippaux (2006).