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; Fig. 8). 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.