Lamprophis virgatus (Hallowell, 1856)

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 : 343

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547168
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C02F-6E63-FF44-FEB76D2EE390
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lamprophis virgatus (Hallowell, 1856)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 10 specimens ( MRAC 29555 View Materials , MRAC 29675 View Materials , Missahohe; MRAC A7036.0028 View Materials , GHS-W 1046, Agou; MRAC A7036.0015 View Materials , GHS-W 0045, GHS-W 1084, GHS-W 1086, GHS-W 1205, Sodo Zion; GHS-W 1260, Yo [Agome Yo]) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 240 to 860 mm; 23-25 MSR, smooth; 198-216 Ven, smooth, 43-62 Sc, paired; anal single; loreal longer than high; 8 supralabials; 8-10 infralabials; 2, sometimes 1 preoculars; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is mainly a forest-dweller. The northern limit of its range is in the region of Aledjo where new specimens were recently collected. It might also be present in the region of Kara. Previously this species had been recorded from Togo by Matschie (1893), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 12), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), and Hulselmans et al. (1971).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — According to reports of the CITES Division of the DFC Togo, 50 live specimens of the genus Lamprophis were exported from Togo in 2001 and 2002 but the precise species was not stated.