Lycophidion multimaculatum Boettger, 1888

Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount & Highlands, Bamenda, 2015, The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2), pp. 15-38 : 30

Lycophidion multimaculatum Boettger, 1888 (two specimens)

Material: MNHN-RA 2002.0943 ( Awing village (Benjom), 5°3’28’’N and 10°1’4’’E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – CamHerp – (Bamboutos, Fulbe house, elev. 2,450 m, coll. CamHerp P. Makolowodé, June 12, 1999) .

The specimen MNHN-RA 2002.0943 is identified as Lycophidion multimaculatum . It measures 250 mm SVL and its tail is 28 mm. It has 17 dorsal rows at midbody. Its non-keeled ventrals are 2+186 and unkeeled subcaudals 30. Anal plate is entire. Supralabials (right/left) 8 (3–5 in contact with the eye)/8 (3–5), infralabials 8/8 (1–4 in contact with the first pair of gular), temporals 1+2+3/1+2+3, preocular 1/1, postoculars 2/2. An apical pit distinguished on dorsal scales and anterior gulars are of the same size as the posterior. That specimen is uniform grey bluish dorsally and ventrally, only slightly lighter ventrally; no marks, rings, or spots can be seen. Its diagnosis is not entirely consistent with that of the species to which we refer to tentatively. The species is found between 510 m and 2,450 m elevation (Mt. Meletan, Bamboutos) in Cameroon. So it is a partially submontane species in Cameroon (i.e., but not strictly submontane, much like Dipsadoboa unicolor ).

Psammophiidae Boie, 1827