Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (Schmidt 1923)

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 16

Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (Schmidt 1923) Large-eyed Green Tree Snake

Material. HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.2772 ( Fig. 7M ; Fig. 8 ). Comments: Specimen found in leaf litter of riverine forest during the day. Broadley (1991) provided the first record of this species for Zambia. Based on distribution, this form represents the subspecies R. a. ituriensis from Niapu in the DRC (see Eimermacher 2012).

Figures

Fig. 7. Reptiles of western Zambia. (A) Agama armata (BMNH 2018.2751), (B) Chamaeleo dilepis (BMNH 2018.2755), (C)–(D) Lygodactylus chobiensis (BMNH 2018.2743), (E) Pachydactylus punctatus, (F) Ichnotropis capensis (BMNH 2018.2750), (G) Meroles squamulosus (BMNH 2018.2753), (H) Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (BMNH 2018.2765), (I) Trachylepis varia (BMNH 2018.2769), (J) Typhlacontias rohani (BMNH 2018.2761), (K) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (BMNH 2018.2776), (L) Philothamnus hoplogaster (BMNH 2018.2775), (M) Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772), (N) Thelotornis kirtlandii (BMNH 2018.2760), (O) Atractaspis congica (BMNH 2018.2274), (P)–(R) Kinixys spekii.

Fig. 8. Drawings of Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772). Head and anterior of body in dorsal, left lateral, and ventral views. Scale bar 10 mm. Drawings by Ed Wade.