Philothamnus semivariegatus (Smith, 1847)

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 : 336

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

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scientific name

Philothamnus semivariegatus (Smith, 1847)
status

 

Philothamnus semivariegatus (Smith, 1847)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 13 specimens ( MNHN 2006.2287 About MNHN , GHS-W 0005 , Yo [ Agome Yo ]; MRAC 29505 View Materials , Niamtougou ; MRAC 29646 View Materials , Aledjo ; GHS-W 0209, GHS-W 0228, GHS-W 0242, GHS-W 0250, GHS-W 0266, GHS-W 0284, GHS-W 0288, Nangbeto ; GHS-W 0276, Lomé ; GHS-W 1283, Diguingue ; GHS- Togo 46, Agote ; GHS-Togo 81, Woume, near Kouma Tchamé) .

MORPHOLOGY. —TL from 768 to 1200 mm; 13-15 MSR, smooth and oblique; 171-214 Ven, keeled; 119-144 Sc, paired and strongly keeled; anal divided; 9 supralabials; 9-10 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 or 2 + 2 + 2 or 3.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is common in the forested parts of Togo of ER III and V but is also found in other ecological regions. Previously it had been mentioned from Togo by Werner (1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909; from “Kete”, now Kete Kratchi but currently in Ghana), Loveridge (1958), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Roman (1984), Hughes (1985) and Leaché et al. (2006).

CONSERVATION STATUS. — Two specimens were exported from Togo in 2002 according to reports of the CITES Division of the DFC Togo.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Philothamnus

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