Published September 30, 2011 | Version v1
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Dasypeltis fasciata Smith 1849

  • 1. Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) h _ segniagbeto @ yahoo. fr
  • 2. Laboratoire de Paludologie et Zoologie médicale, UR 77, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Centre de Dakar, BP 1386, Dakar (Senegal) jean-françois. trape @ ird. fr
  • 3. UMR 7205 OSEB, Reptiles et Amphibiens, Département de Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) pdavid @ mnhn. fr ohler @ mnhn. fr adubois @ mnhn. fr
  • 4. Département de Zoologie et Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé (Togo) iglitho @ yahoo. fr

Description

Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen (T 28), Yo (Agome Yo), near Kpalime in the forested region.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species occurs mostly in forested areas.In Togo it is known only from Yo.Its taxonomic status and its distribution are far from being clear.Hulselmans et al. (1970) collected a specimen at Ahoue-Houe, in the forest region, which may probably be referred to this species.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 325-360 in Zoosystema 33 (3) on page 332, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4547017

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