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Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus

Authors/Creators

  • 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

Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Reinhardt, 1843)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 9 specimens (MNHN 1982.0449, MNHN 1989.0254, MNHN 1989.0265, “ Togo ”; MRAC 29495, Aledjo; MRAC 29559, Lomé; GHS-W 0262, Nangbeto, T 185, T 194, Alédjo; T 212, Huilehui).

MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 450 to 1220 mm; rostral scale very prominent and clearly visible from above; 17 MSR, smooth; 170-197 Ven, smooth; 84-105 Sc, paired; anal divided; 8 supralabials; 10-11 infralabials; 1 or 2 preoculars; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 or 2 + 3 or 4.

DISTRIBUTION. — Ramphiophis oxyrhynchus had previously been mentioned from Togo by Sternfeld (1908b), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971), and Roman (1984). This species is present in all ecological regions of the country but, on the basis of recently collected specimens, it seems to be more common in ER II along the Aledjo Mountain range.

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 pages 347-348, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4547017

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Journal article: 10.5252/z2011n3a4 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN, MRAC, T
Material sample ID
MNHN 1982.0449, MNHN 1989.0254, MNHN 1989.0265, MRAC 29495, MRAC 29559, T 185, T 194, T 212
Scientific name authorship
Reinhardt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squamata
Family
Lamprophiidae
Genus
Rhamphiophis
Species
oxyrhynchus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Reinhardt, 1843) sec. Segniagbeto, Trape, David, Ohler, Dubois & Glitho, 2011

References

  • MATSCHIE P. 1893. - Die Reptilien und Amphibien Togogebietes. Mittheilungen von Forschungsreisenden und Gelehrten aus den deutschen Schutzgebieten, mit Benutzung amtlicher Quellen 6: 207 - 215.
  • STERNFELD L. 1908 b. - Die Schlangenfauna Togos. Mittheilungen Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4: 207 - 236.
  • HULSELMANS J. L. J. & VERHEYEN W. N. 1970. - Contribution a l'herpetologie de la Republique du Togo: Liste preliminaire des serpents recoltes par la deuxieme mission zoologique belge au Togo. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 82 (1 - 2): 200 - 204.
  • ROMAN B. 1984. - Serpents des Pays de l'Entente. C. N. R. S. T., Ouagadougou, 45 p.