Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson, 1901)

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 150

publication ID	1525-9153
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BD3487EC-2E61-FFF4-FCDB-FD75E6307B10
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson, 1901)
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Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson, 1901) View in CoL

On 27 November 2017 at 07h00 SM found a dead-on-road individual ( RBINS 18503 View Materials ; see Appendix 1) in Lékédi Park, at 200 m from the guard guerite marking the entrance of the park. Given its poor state, it was probably killed by a car the day before. Its pupil is round; its vertebral row is not widened; its temporal formula is 2+2+2 on each side. First record for the park and for the Dept. This species, which is very common in Gabon, was first mentioned from Haut-Ogooué by Pauwels et al. (2007). Within the Prov., this snake was until now known only from Franceville in Passa Dept .