Psammophis sp. 1

Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount & Highlands, Bamenda, 2015, The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2), pp. 15-38 : 30

Psammophis sp. 1 (in: Chirio and LeBreton 2007: 540– 541) (one specimen)

Material: CamHerp 0645C (Oku Simokuh village, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp, July 8, 2002) .

This undescribed terrestrial species is an inhabitant of the Cameroon mountains, and seems to share external morphological affinities with an Ethiopian specimen from MNHN-RA collections. It occupies the Western Highlands, but also the Adamaoua high savannas. Currently its distribution is limited to a few peaks of the Cameroon Volcanic Dorsal, where it ascends to 2,109 m altitude at Mt. Oku.

Typhlopidae Jan, 1863