Philothamnus hoplogaster ( Guenther , 1863)

Conradie, Werner, Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Engelbrecht, Hanlie M., Loader, Simon P., Menegon, Michele, Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristovao, Scott, Michael & Tolley, Krystal A., 2016, Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (2), pp. 163-180 : 172

Philothamnus hoplogaster ( Guenther, 1863)

Material

Mt. Mabu ( PEM R21154 , female, 390 mm SVL 165 mm TL), Mt. M’pàluwé ( PEM R21219 , male, 406 mm SVL + 188 TL) .

Comments

Specimen collected from Mt. Mabu has 10 black spots anterior on the dorsum, while the Mt. M’pàluwé specimen has uniform lime-green colouration. The Mt. Mabu specimen was collected from an overhanging tree along a well vegetated low-elevation stream at night, while the Mt. M’pàluwé was collected around a water tank at the Oasis Water Camp.