Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837)

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 : 334

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547062

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scientific name

Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837)
status

 

Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 7 specimens ( MRAC 29718 View Materials , Evou, near Atakpame; MRAC 29645 View Materials , Ebeva; MRAC 29593 View Materials , MRAC 29599 View Materials and MRAC 29604 View Materials , Tetetou; MRAC 29575 View Materials , Kolokope; GHS-W 1440, Sodo Zion) .

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 170 to 400 mm; 19 MSR, smooth; 169-192 Ven, smooth; 63-74 Sc, paired; anal divided; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2.

DISTRIBUTION. — This wide ranging species occurs mainly in savannahs throughout the country. It had previously been recorded from Togo by Matschie (1893), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909; from Missahohe, Kete [Kete Kratchi], and Mango), Werner (1929), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971; from Tetetou and Kolokope) and by Roman (1984).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Meizodon

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