Dispholidus typus (A. Smith, 1828)

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 : 27

Dispholidus typus (A. Smith, 1828) (one specimen)

Material: CamHerp 3197I (Baba II village, elev. 1,772 m, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).

This diurnal semi-arboreal snake has a wide pan-African distribution in the savannas. The subspecies Dispholidus typus occidentalis Perret, 1961 described from Cameroon remains doubtful but requires a thorough revision before its validity can be evaluated ( Broadley and Wallach 2002). Perret (1961: 138) recognized D. t. occidentalis based on its color with green males, strongly streaked with black, red and brown females, as well as the presence of two elliptical black spots, slightly oblique, situated laterally on each side of the neck in both sexes. The species occupies forest-savanna mosaic, the western Highlands and the high savannas. Its altitude record on its whole range is 2,400 m ( Spawls et al. 2002; Wagner and Böhme 2007; Largen and Spawls 2010).