Kladirostratus togoensis (MATSCHIE 1893)
Higher Taxa | Lamprophiidae, Psammophiinae, Serpentes (snakes) |
Common Names | |
SEGNIAGBETO et al. 2012 separated Psammophylax
acutus (Günther, 1888) from Psammophylax togoensis (Matschie,
1893) both on the basis of constant morphological characters, such as
the presence of ventrolateral stripes, and of their geographical
distribution. Keates e.a. 2019 elevated the subspecies to a species. |
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Synonym | Psammophis togoensis MATSCHIE 1893: 171 Rhamphiophis togoensis — WERNER 1897 Rhamphiophis acutus garambensis DE WITTE 1959 Rhamphiophis acutus togoensis — PITMAN 1974 Rhamphiophis acutus togoensis — CHIRIO & INEICH 1992 Rhamphiophis togoensis — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007 Psammophylax acutus togoensis — KELLY et al. 2008 Psammophylax togoensis — SEGNIAGBETO et al. 2012 Psammophylax togoensis — WALLACH et al. 2014 Psammophylax togoensis — TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014 |
Distribution | Ghana, Togo, Central African Republic, northern
DRC, and western Uganda (fide Broadley, 1971; Spawls et al.,
2002). Occurs at elevations of 4 5 0 –1 , 8 0 0 m . (Keates e.a.
2019) West and Central Africa, Guinea (Kouroussa), Ivory
Coast (Toumodi), Ghana (Brong-Ahafo, Volta), Togo (Centrale, Plateaux),
Cameroon (Adamaoua, Nord, Sud-Ouest), Congo (Cuvette, Plateau), W.
Central African Republic (S. Ouham-Pendé or N Nana Nambere), NE
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Oriental), W. South Sudan (Western
Equatoria)a and W Uganda (S Northern, N Western). Probably occurs in
Burkina Faso and Nigeria and possibly in Benin. |
Types | Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Berlin, ZMB 13249 |
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