NATRICIDAE Bonaparte, 1840

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean François, David, Patrick, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain & Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, 2011, The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems, Zoosystema 33 (3), pp. 325-360 : 349

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4

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scientific name

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Natricidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Afronatrix

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Afronatrix

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