Lamprophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

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 : 342

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547164
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C02C-6E60-FCAC-FD956BC1E507
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lamprophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 12 specimens ( MRAC 74013.0014 View Materials , Kolokope; MRAC 73014.0026 View Materials , Agou; ZMB 21104, GHS-W 0629, Missahohe; MRAC A7036.0021 View Materials , GHS-W 1089, GHS-W 1402, GHS-W 1432, T 209 , Sodo Zion; GHS-W 1280, T 148 , Diguengue; GHS-W 1296 , Agave) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 225 to 930 mm; 29-32 MSR, smooth; 217-243 Ven, smooth; 42-66 Sc, paired; anal single; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 or 2 preoculars; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species, mainly nocturnal, has been observed in the forested area near water where it feeds on small amphibians and lizards. This snake inhabits forested areas and Guinean savannahs. It is present in ER II, III, IV, and V of the country. Previously, this species had been recorded from Togo by Matschie (1893), Werner (1898, 1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 11), and from Missahohe, Kete (Kete-Kratchi currently in Ghana), Atakpame and Mango, by Thorpe & McCarthy (1978), Roman (1984), and Leaché et al. (2006).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — See under L. virgatus .

REMARK

See the comments under Lamprophis fuliginosus .