Typhlops punctatus (Leach in Bowdich, 1819)

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean François, David, Patrick, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain & Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, 2011, The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems, Zoosystema 33 (3), pp. 325-360 : 350-351

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
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scientific name	Typhlops punctatus (Leach in Bowdich, 1819)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 32 specimens ( MNHN 2006.2293 About MNHN - 2297 About MNHN , GHS-W 0028, GHS-Togo 08, GHS- Togo 70, GHS-Togo 74-76, GHS-Togo 85, Agave ;

MNHN 2006.2292, GHS-W 1231, Yo [Agome Yo]; GHS-Togo 69, Sodo; GHS-W 1409, GHS-W 1448, GHS-Togo 56, Sodo Zion, T 91, T 110-115, T 136, T 156, T 168, Fazao; T 219-220, Huilehui, T 196, Alédjo, T 139, Agou [Mont Agou]).

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 200 to 420 mm; 30-33 MSR, smooth and straight; 377-432 scales on a longitudinal row between the parietals and the tip of the tail.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is present throughout the country. Specimens from ER I, IV and V have been mentioned by Matschie (1893), Werner (1898, 1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 8), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971) and Leaché et al. (2006).