Psammophis sudanensis Werner, 1919

Trape, Jean-François, Abstract. - We, Youssouph Mané, Africa, West & Known, Niger., 2015, The snakes of Niger, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 110) 9 (2), pp. 39-55 : 45

publication ID

1525-9153

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scientific name

Psammophis sudanensis Werner, 1919
status

 

Psammophis sudanensis Werner, 1919 View in CoL

Material: One specimen.

Locality: Tarka Dakouara (1).

Remarks: First record for Niger. This species is characterized by four infralabials in contact with the first pair of mentals and a typical head pattern, with a median yellow line starting from the back of the rostral and reaching the front of the parietals, i.e., crossing the median part of the frontal contrary to P. sibilans .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Psammophiidae

Genus

Psammophis

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