Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters, 1869)

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, Zoosystema 33 (3), pp. 325-360 : 333-334

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters, 1869)
status

 

Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters, 1869)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen ( MNHN 2008.0278), Sodo Zion.

MORPHOLOGY. — TL of our specimens 470 mm; 17 MSR smooth; 199 Ven, smooth; Sc 49, all single; anal single; 8 supralabials; 11 infralabials; 1 preocular; 1 postoculars; temporal scale formula 1 + 2.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species occurs mostly in forested areas. It was previously mentioned from Togo by Matschie (1893; specimens ZMB 11246A-B, 13370A, from

Bismarckburg [currently Adele]), Werner (1898) and Sternfeld (1908b) ZMB 17499, 21076, 22000, 22001 Togo (no specific locality), according to Rasmussen (1993).

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

ZMB

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Dipsadoboa

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