Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (Schmidt 1923)

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 16

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scientific name	Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (Schmidt 1923)
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Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (Schmidt 1923) View in CoL Large-eyed Green Tree Snake

Material. HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.2772 ( Fig. 7M View Fig ; Fig. 8 View Fig ). Comments: Specimen found in leaf litter of riverine forest during the day. Broadley (1991) provided the first record of this species for Zambia. Based on distribution, this form represents the subspecies R. a. ituriensis from Niapu in the DRC (see Eimermacher 2012).

References

Broadley DG. 1991. The herpetofauna of northern Mwinilunga District, northwestern Zambia. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9: 519 - 538.

Eimermacher TG. 2012. Phylogenetic systematics of Dispholidine colubrids (Serpentes: Colubridae). Ph. D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA. 109 p.

Figures

Fig. 7. Reptiles of western Zambia. (A) Agama armata (BMNH 2018.2751), (B) Chamaeleo dilepis (BMNH 2018.2755), (C)–(D) Lygodactylus chobiensis (BMNH 2018.2743), (E) Pachydactylus punctatus, (F) Ichnotropis capensis (BMNH 2018.2750), (G) Meroles squamulosus (BMNH 2018.2753), (H) Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (BMNH 2018.2765), (I) Trachylepis varia (BMNH 2018.2769), (J) Typhlacontias rohani (BMNH 2018.2761), (K) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (BMNH 2018.2776), (L) Philothamnus hoplogaster (BMNH 2018.2775), (M) Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772), (N) Thelotornis kirtlandii (BMNH 2018.2760), (O) Atractaspis congica (BMNH 2018.2274), (P)–(R) Kinixys spekii.

Fig. 8. Drawings of Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772). Head and anterior of body in dorsal, left lateral, and ventral views. Scale bar 10 mm. Drawings by Ed Wade.