Gonionotophis klingi Matschie, 1893

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 : 341

Gonionotophis klingi Matschie, 1893

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 4 specimens ( MRAC 29666 , Dzogbegan; MRAC 29670 , Missahohe; GHS-W 1059- 1060, Agou) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 375 to 448 mm; 19 MSR, keeled; 168-174 Ven, smooth; 85-97 Sc, paired; anal single; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 or 2 + 2 + 2.

DISTRIBUTION. — The type specimen of this species described by Matschie (1893) was collected at Bismarkburg, currently Yegue, in Adele. This species is largely a forest-dweller occurring in ER IV. It might be present in the southern part of ER II. It had also been recorded from forested areas by Matschie (1893), Werner (1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 11) from Atakpame, Loveridge (1939), Hulselmans et al. (1971) and Leaché et al. (2006).

REMARK

Specimen MRAC 29670 has the loreal fused with the preocular.This character was already mentioned by Roux-Estève (1969).