Mehelya poensis (Smith, 1847)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13236757 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD3487EC-2E6D-FFF8-FF41-FE8AE0EE7D91 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Mehelya poensis (Smith, 1847) |
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SM encountered an adult individual (RBINS 18483) on 17 April 2016 in Bakoumba. It showed two pairs of sublinguals; a strongly widened vertebral row with a double keel, and all dorsal scales keeled, without secondary keels; no white spots on dorsals (see other diagnostic characters in Appendix 1). On each side its temporal formula is 1+2, but on the left side, the anterior temporal is separated from the postocular by a slight contact between the parietal and the 5 th supralabial. When handled, the snake never attempted to bite. New Prov. record (the species was not recorded from Haut-Ogooué Prov. by Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008; Pauwels et al. 2016a).
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