Boaedon olivaceus (Duméril, 1856)

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 : 153

Boaedon olivaceus (Duméril, 1856)

An adult individual was photographed on 28 June 2016 by SM in Bakoumba ( Fig. 25 ). It showed the typical uniform dark grey dorsal coloration and orange eyes with a vertical pupil, an elongate loreal, one preocular, two postoculars, eight supralabials with the 3 rd to 5 th in contact with the orbit, 1+2+3 temporals, and smooth dorsal scale rows with the vertebral row not enlarged. It was very aggressive when handled. New Prov. record (the species was not recorded from Haut-Ogooué Prov. by Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008; Pauwels et al. 2016a, 2017b).

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Fig. 25. Adult Boaedon olivaceus in Bakoumba, Haut-Ogooué Prov., southeastern Gabon. Photograph by S. Morelle.