Atheris chlorechis (Pel, 1851)

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 : 351

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2011n3a4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4547226
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scientific name	Atheris chlorechis (Pel, 1851)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen ( GHS-W 1035), Badou.

MORPHOLOGY. — TL 410 mm; 33 MSR, keeled; 153 Ven, smooth; 55 Sc, paired; anal single; 17 scales surrounding the eye; 12 interorbital scales on upper head surface; 12 supralabials; 11 infralabials.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species is essentially a forestdweller. It has previously been mentioned from Togo by Sternfeld (1908b, 1909: 26), Harding & Welch (1980), Golay et al. (1993), David & Ineich (1999), Anonymous (2002), Ernst & Rödel (2002) and Chippaux (2006).