Atractaspis dahomeyensis Bocage, 1887
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547134 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C032-6E7E-FD36-FED76C58E331 |
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Felipe |
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Atractaspis dahomeyensis Bocage, 1887 |
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Atractaspis dahomeyensis Bocage, 1887
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 10 specimens ( GHS-W 1082 , GHS-W 1272-73 , Sodo Zion ; GHS-Togo 87, Agote ; MNHN 1982.0452 About MNHN , Togo, no precise locality; MRAC 29742 View Materials , Atakpame ; MRAC 73014.0059 View Materials , Notse, T 213 , T 216-217 , Huilehui) .
MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 392 to 600 mm; 29-31 MSR, smooth; 221-236 Ven, smooth; 23-28 Sc, single anteriorly but paired near the tip of the tail; anal single; 5 supralabials; 5-7 infralabials; 1 preocular; 1 postocular; temporal scale formula 1 (very large) + 2.
DISTRIBUTION. — All specimens were obtained from localities in the forested area of the country. This species might be present in ER II, III and V. Previously, it had been mentioned from Togo by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Roman (1984), Spawls & Branch (1995) and David & Ineich (1999).
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