Causus lichtensteinii (Jan, 1859)

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 156

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13236757

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD3487EC-2E6B-FFFE-FF41-FF35E33C7EB0

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Causus lichtensteinii (Jan, 1859)
status

 

Causus lichtensteinii (Jan, 1859) View in CoL

On 19 June 2017 at 11h00 SM encountered a dead-on-road individual in a forest road in Lékédi Park (RBINS 18486; see Appendix 1). Its pupil is round. The dorsal surface of the head is grey. The dorsum is dark olive green with regularly-spaced black chevrons. New record for the park and for the Prov. (the species was not recorded from the Prov. by Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008; Pauwels et al. 2016b, 2017b). The distribution and ecology of this forest-dwelling viper in Gabon are still poorly documented.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Causus

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