Dendroaspis viridis (Hallowell, 1844)

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 : 337

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C031-6E7D-FF5D-FA6B6D8BE402
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dendroaspis viridis (Hallowell, 1844)
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Treatment

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 24 specimens ( MRAC A7036.0001 View Materials , GHS-W 0026-27, GHS-W 0041 and GHS-W 0055, Sodo Zion; MRAC 28289 View Materials , MRAC 29734 View Materials , Kpalime; MRAC 29680 View Materials , MRAC 29689 View Materials , Missahohe;

MRAC 29455, Badou; MRAC 29733, Akposso [Akposso Plateau]; MRAC 29683, Aledjo; MNHN 1982.455, Togo; GHS-W 0009-10, GHS-W 0040, GHS-W 1292, GHS-Togo 05, GHS-Togo 68, Agave; GHS-Togo 52, Agbanon; GHS-W 1047 Agou; GHS- Togo 82, Togo; GHS-W 0069, Yo [Agome Yo]).

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 500 to 2180 mm; 13 MSR, smooth and oblique; 210-233 Ven, smooth; 94-127 Sc, paired; anal divided; 7-9 supralabials; 9-11 infralabials; 2 or 3 preoculars; 2 or 3 postoculars; 2 suboculars; temporal scale formula 2 (rarely 1) + 2 + 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This arboreal species is very common in ER IV and also quite frequently encountered in ER II, III and V. The confirmed northern limit of its range is Aledjo but it might also occur in the region of the Kara, especially in forests of Djamdè and Sarakawa. Sternfeld (1909: 24) recorded this species from Missahohe and Kete-Kratchi, and from South Togo. Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Villiers (1975), Harding & Welch (1980), Welch (1982), Roman (1984), Rasmussen (1994), Spawls & Branch (1995), David & Ineich (1999) and Chippaux (2006) have mentioned its presence in Togo.

CONSERVATION STATUS. — According to reports of the CITES Division of the DFC Togo, 37 living specimens were exported from Togo between 2003 and 2005. In March 2007, we observed 52 specimens in the Mare snake farm, intended to be forwarded to a South African laboratory according to the manager of this farm. These specimens were collected in the vicinity of Tsevie in ER V.