Thrasops occidentalis Parker, 1940

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 : 336-337

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547096
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scientific name	Thrasops occidentalis Parker, 1940
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen ( MRAC 29716), Temedja, Atakpame.

MORPHOLOGY. — TL 675 mm; 19 MSR smooth and oblique; 171 Ven, smooth; 120 Sc; anal divided; 8 supralabials; 9 infralabials; 1 preocular; 3 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 1.

DISTRIBUTION. — Thrasops occidentalis is mostly a forestdwelling species. All specimens recorded from Togo were obtained in ER IV. Sternfeld (1908b) and Werner (1929; as Thrasops jacksoni Günther, 1895 ) collected this species from Missahohe. Loveridge (1944) and Hulselmans et al. (1970) mentioned its occurrence in the forested region of the country. This species was also listed in Anonymous (2002).