NATRICIDAE Bonaparte, 1840
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NATRICIDAE Bonaparte, 1840 |
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Family NATRICIDAE Bonaparte, 1840
Afronatrix anoscopus (Cope, 1861) ( Fig. 9 View FIG )
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 10 specimens ( MNHN 2006.2201 About MNHN - 2202 About MNHN , GHS-W 0015, and GHS-Togo 07, Agave; GHS-W 0626, GHS-W 0689, Yegue; GHS-W 1281, Diguingue; GHS-Togo 34, GHS-Togo 64, Agote, T 207 , Sodo-Zion) .
MORPHOLOGY. — TL of our specimens between 160 and 750 mm; 20-22 MSR, scales keeled; 140-148 Ven; 51-81 Sc, paired; anal divided; 8 or 9 supralabials; 9-11 infralabials; 2 preoculars; 2 postoculars; 2 or 3 suboculars; temporal scale formula: 1 + 2 + 3 or 4. We have examined a specimen ( GHS-W 0015) with the anal entire, which is not a character diagnostic of this species.
DISTRIBUTION. — This species is largely aquatic. It can often be seen hunting amphibians on the banks of streams in forested areas. This species, very common in ER II and IV, had previously been mentioned from forested areas of Togo by Werner (1902), Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 11; from Missahohe and Atakpame), Hulselmans & Verheyen (1970), Hulselmans et al. (1970, 1971) and Leaché et al. (2006).
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