Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 118

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scientific name	Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882
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Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882 View in CoL

Olive Grass Snake ( Fig. 31 View Fig )

Material: NB 518 (head only) ( T 1); photographic record (J. Traguedo, HF).

Comment: This species belongs to the P. sibilans complex ( Kelly et al. 2008, Trape et al. 2019). The collected snake had a uniformly pale-yellow belly, and dorsal coloration was plain gray with a thin darker vertebral dash. Head scalation and ventral (159) and subcaudal (80) scale counts recorded from the specimen conform to P. mossambicus ( Broadley 2002, Trape et al. 2019). It is locally known as “muiha on njolo” (J. Traguedo, pers. comm.).

References

Broadley DG. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of latitude 12 ° S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51 (2): 83 - 120.

Kelly CMR, Barker NP, Villet MH, Broadley DG, Branch WR. 2008. The snake family Psammophiidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): phylogenetics and species delimitation in the African sand snakes (Psammophis Boie, 1825) and allied genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47 (3): 1,045 - 1,060.

Trape JF, Crochet PA, Broadley DG, Sourouille P, Mane Y, Burger M, Bohme W, Saleh M, Karan A, Lanza B, et al. 2019. On the Psammophis sibilans group (Serpentes, Lamprophiidae, Psammophiinae) north of 12 ° S, with the description of a new species from West Africa. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 68 (1): 61 - 91.