Thelotornis kirtlandi Hallowell 1844
| Main Authors: | Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean François, David, Patrick, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain, Glitho, Isabelle Adolé |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2011
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4547094 |
Daftar Isi:
- Thelotornis kirtlandi (Hallowell, 1844) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 7 specimens (MRAC 29730, Sodo; GHS-W 0203, GHS-W 0206, Atakpame; GHS-W 0243, Kpalime; GHS-W 1263, Yo [Agome Yo]; GHS-Togo 43, Agbanon, T 204 Agou [Mont Agou]). MORPHOLOGY. — TL from 745 to 1400 mm; 19 MSR, keeled and oblique; 176-206 Ven, smooth; 110-114 Sc, paired; anal divided; 7-8 supralabials; 11-12 infralabials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2 + 3. DISTRIBUTION. — This arboreal species is mainly a forest-dweller. It inhabits ER IV but might be present in ER II. Previously, this species had been recorded from Togo by Matschie (1893), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909), Loveridge (1944; from Missahohe), Hulselmans et al. (1970), Harding & Welch (1980), Welch (1982), Roman (1984), Golay et al. (1993), Spawls & Branch (1995) and David & Ineich (1999).
- 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 336, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4547017