Philothamnus semivariegatus (Smith, 1847)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7FC4E-C036-6E7A-FF63-FF566E11E386 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Philothamnus semivariegatus (Smith, 1847) |
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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.
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