Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877

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

Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877

Congo Stiletto Snake

Material. HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.2274 ( Fig. 7O ). Comments: One relatively large specimen found in moist leaf litter inside a patch of mushito at night. Broadley and Blaylock (2013): 232 expanded the description of A. bibronii to accommodate the condition of 19 midbody scales of A. congica (19–21 scales at midbody). This specimen exhibits erratic counts of 19+17, the latter count predominating after the 84 th ventral.

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.